First global repository of ice cores: How Antarctica scientists are preserving ice samples from melting glaciers; why is it important?

Scientists have opened the world's first global repository for mountain ice cores in Antarctica to preserve Earth's atmospheric history as glaciers melt. The Ice Memory Foundation's frozen sanctuary stores ice cores, acting as time capsules of past climate conditions, before these vital records are lost forever due to global warming.

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