'Holy grail' of climate research major feature at Hobart event

Searching for the holy
grail of
climate research.

The mission to unlock the secrets of Antarctica's deep, old ice will be a major feature of a week-long climate science conference beginning in Hobart today.

About 200 scientists from 22 countries are in Tasmania for the International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences conference, hosted by the Australian Antarctic Division and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre.

While finding million-year-old ice is the holy grail of ice core research, the present focus will be on studying preliminary results from an Australian-led drilling expedition in 2013 and 2014.

Read the ABC story - “Million-year-old ice the 'holy grail' of climate research in Antarctica.”