If all goes to plan, the long metal rod of the core sampler will cut down through the soil of the salt marsh like a knife through warm butter. Mike Priddy and David Bruce take their places in the ...

Beneath the ice of West Antarctica lie natural records of past climate variability, containing sediments deposited during warmer periods when the region was partly or entirely ice-free. An ...

Lacustrine turbidites offer a reliable record of seismic activity. A typical sedimentary sequence is produced when a turbidity current moves downslope. If the current generates enough energy, this ...

A New Zealand co-led international team has drilled the longest-ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back millions of years that will help climate scientists ...