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A Record-Breaking Drill Beneath Antarctic Ice Revealed a Big Surprise


Scientists say they have drilled deeper than ever beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, peering back millions of years to reveal signs it was once, at least in part, open ocean.

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