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Scientists in Ireland are studying the ancient British-Irish Ice Sheet in an attempt to better understand the future, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reported. Their work involves mapping and ...

A new study looked into how biomolecules trapped in pure ice were capable of withstanding the harsh radiation of Mars for ...

Ice cores are like frozen time capsules that could tell a lot about Earth's past. Researchers drill deep into the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets to retrieve ice cores and study past climate.

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Hippos survived in icy Europe far longer than thought, revealing surprising warmth and resilience during Ice Age.

The five tents sitting on the white expanse of the Clark Glacier look more like a winter camping site than a scientific field camp. Skis stick out of the snow. A pot on the propane stove holds melted ...

For many decades, textbooks taught that hippos vanished from the center of Europe upon the onset of the Ice Age. However, a ...

Learn how radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA analysis revealed that hippos were alive and thriving during Europe’s last ice ...

Hippos in Ice Age Germany? New research reveals that these warm-loving giants roamed central Europe far later than believed. Hippos, which today live only in sub-Saharan Africa, managed to survive in ...