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▲ x______________ 3 hours ago

> To be clear, so far some of the oldest ice found is over 6 million years old...

And they're working on finding even older!

"Given the spectacularly old ice we have discovered at Allan Hills, we also have designed a comprehensive longer-term new study of this region to try to extend the records even further in time, which we hope to conduct between 2026 and 2031"

▲pugworthy 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Just saw a presentation at the OSU PRAx Center last night bringing science and arts together (https://prax.oregonstate.edu/poetry-polar-science).

One of the presentations was on this research, and I was somewhat amazed the new stretch goal is to find 10 million year old ice. More power to them!