View image in fullscreen Part of the machinery used to extract the ice cores. Photograph: Riccardo Selvatico/Ca’ Foscari UniversityThe scientists do this by drilling a borehole and extracting long, cylinder-shaped ice cores. View image in fullscreen Ice cores contain climate information dating back over 10,000 years. Photograph: Riccardo Selvatico/Ca’ Foscari University“A glacier is like a book made up of many pages,” said Jacopo Gabrieli, a glaciologist at CNR. The first of the two ice cores was extracted and transported down the mountain, and the second followed a week later.

Source: The Guardian May 31, 2025 04:10 UTC