Randall Bonnell and Lucas Zeller, graduate students at Colorado State University, collect a snow-water equivalent core sample at the site in Cameron Pass, Colorado. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

The team had to bring the core samples—dozens of cylinders of ice about 50 centimeters (20 inches) long—to the surface carefully. They then numbered and packed the samples so they could be carried ...

Scientists on the Weddell Sea Expedition taking ice core samples (c) Nekton 2022 Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Above 85% of the Earth’s biosphere is subjected to temperatures below 5 °C, which contributes to the formation of the cryosphere, covering about 20% of the overall Earth’s climate system 1,2. The ...

West Antarctica, also known as Lesser Antarctica, is one of the two major regions that make up Antarctica—it is located in the Western Hemisphere and is separated from East Antarctica by the ...

NASA is celebrating confirmation via data it received from its Perseverance Rover that indicates it has completed the collection of its first rock core sample on Mars. Data was received from the rover ...