Ice Core Sample Contains Rock Trapped in Ice for Over 100,000 Years (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Ice Core Sample Contains Rock Trapped in Ice for Over 100,000 Years

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The very last ice core sample collected from the NEEM project. The layers of black contain bits of rock that were trapped in the ice over 100,000 years ago.

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NEEM Project Office

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