2,000-year-old ice samples reveal secrets of climate change

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - Scientists specializing in polar studies, who extracted 2,000-year-old ice samples from Antarctica, confirmed that they are about to reveal <strong>the climate changes</strong> that occurred over this period, which may explain how climate change affects our future. .</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> An international team traveled to Antarctica&#39;s Aurora Basin on a five-week project that began in December, with the aim of obtaining ice samples to find the missing link in global temperature changes over the past 20 centuries.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> With the use of modern technology, scientists hope to obtain information that helps to understand <span style="line-height:1.6em">matters such as droughts, hurricanes and floods. &quot;The papers that will emerge from the project can be used to improve climate patterns and enhance our knowledge of what the climate has caused in the recent past,&quot; said Nick Giles, one of the project&#39;s scientists.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">The main piece of ice core extracted by scientists, which is 303 meters long, will explain the annual climate change over the past two thousand years.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">The scientists also obtained two smaller pieces of ice, 116 meters and 103 meters long, which will provide more ice for extensive chemical analyses</span> <span style="line-height:1.6em">. se&quot;.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">He explained that the scientists will conduct their measurements over the course of the next year, and will start publishing the results in a period ranging between 18 and 24 months (Al Arabiya.net).</span></p>