Antarctic ice archive preserves climate records from melting glaciers

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Scientists have sealed ancient glacial ice in Antarctica to preserve climate records from melting glaciers. The world's first ice archive, located at Concordia Station, will store ice cores from around the globe in natural cold storage at minus 52C. These ice cores contain valuable data about past climate conditions, offering insights for future scientific research as glaciers rapidly disappear due to global warming.


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