EPICA Dome C

EPICA Dome C is an important ice core drilling site in Antarctica. Scientists extract long cylinders of ice from deep within the ice sheet, which contain trapped air bubbles, dust, and other materials. These samples provide valuable data about Earth's climate history over the past hundreds of thousands of years. By analyzing the composition of the ice, researchers can understand past temperatures, greenhouse gas levels, and climate changes, helping us grasp how the climate has evolved and informing predictions about future changes. EPICA Dome C thus plays a crucial role in climate science and understanding global warming.