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Published online 11 August 2009 | 460, 786-787 (2009) | doi:10.1038/460786a
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Ice-core researchers hope to chill out
Fresh freezers needed to preserve ancient gas, scientists say.
Researchers in the United States and Europe are seeking funding so that the ice cores used to study Earth's past climate can have the same luxuriously chilly storage facilities currently enjoyed by prize tuna.
The cylindrical cores, drilled at multi-million-dollar expense from polar and glacial ice, can be kilometres long.
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