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Endangered glaciers: Alpine ice begins Antarctic voyage
2016-09-05 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: More than 400 pieces of Alpine ice have been moved to a giant freezer - a first step in their journey to Antarctica. The seemingly strange plan to send ice to the coldest place on Earth is part of a scientific mission to "rescue" some of the world's most endangered glacial ice. Bubbles in old, deep glacial ice are frozen records of our past atmosphere. Scientists say their purpose-built Antarctic ice bunker will keep these safe for future research. "What we know for sure is that the ice...
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