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Ice Planet Research: Six-million-year-old Antarctic Ice Offers Glimpse Into Warmer Era Of Earth’s Past

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ice in Antarctica — the oldest dated ice on the planet.

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