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Geology: Extracting first rock from beneath East Antarctic ice in 60 years

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The Institute for Polar Science and Engineering of JLU led by Prof. Talalay broke the breakthrough of extracting first rock from beneath East Antarctic ice in 60 years with China’s independently developed polar drilling equipment. The obtained complete ice core and subglacial bedrock cores are of great significance for studying paleoclimate change, understanding the formation and evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet and predicting global sea level change.