1700-foot record-breaking Antarctica drill retrieves longest-ever sediment core

1700-foot record-breaking Antarctica drill retrieves longest-ever sediment core

• 1700-foot record-breaking Antarctica drill retrieves longest-ever sediment core The drill was part of this international SWAIS2C project (Sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sh

Record-breaking Antarctic drill reveals 23 million years of climate history

• An international team featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York has drilled the longest ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a rec

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 103 words