Scientists survey Mount Ararat glacier to locate site for first-ever ice core drill
A joint German-Turkish research team has completed the first scientific survey of the glacier atop Mount Ararat, Turkey's highest mountain. The team mapped the shrinking ice cap at elevations above 5,000 metres to identify the most suitable location for extracting an ice core. Researchers hope the core will unlock thousands of years of climate and human history preserved within the ice. The project is driven by urgency, as ongoing glacial retreat threatens to permanently erase this environmental record.
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