Greenland: lost drill hole found after 33 years

Earth Sciences

An international scientific team, including researchers from the Université Libre de Bruxelles led by François Fripiat, have successfully located an old borehole drilled in 1992 at the top of the Greenland ice cap. Buried under five metres of snow that had accumulated over three decades, the 10-centimetre diameter hole had become difficult to locate. Its rediscovery has enabled the European Green2Ice project (ERC Synergy Grant) to take a decisive step towards understanding when Greenland was last ice-free.

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