Scientists surveyed Turkey’s Mount Ararat glacier for the first time above 5,000 metres; the data will guide an attempt to recover its first ice core
- The research team at 5,050 metres altitude (University of Munster photo)The glacier on Mount Ararat, Turkey's highest mountain, has been surveyed for the first time as scientists race to study its shrinking ice before more evidence is lost.
- Researchers believe the shrinking glacier could preserve valuable information about both climate change and human history.
- While archaeologists usually study objects buried in the ground, glacier ice can preserve information in layers that build up over thousands of years.
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- The research team at 5,050 metres altitude (University of Munster photo)The glacier on Mount Ararat, Turkey's highest mountain, has been surveyed for the first time as scientists race to study its shrinking ice before more evidence is lost.
- Researchers believe the shrinking glacier could preserve valuable information about both climate change and human history.
- While archaeologists usually study objects buried in the ground, glacier ice can preserve information in layers that build up over thousands of years.
Sources: Times of India