configuration of the orbital parameters of the earth) to be an approximate analogue to the current interglacial, was quite long: 28 kyr. The Nature paper argues that if this analogue is accepted, then the current climate would be expected to continue like today's, in the absence of human influence (which it states is unlikely, given the predicted increases in greenhouse gas concentrations). Further analysis of the core is hoped to extend the record back somewhat further, possibly as far as the Brunhes–Matuyama magnetic reversal, believed to be at about 780 kyr. The core time scale is derived from the measured depth scale by a model incorporating surface snow accumulation variations, ice thinning, basal heat fluxes, etc., and is empirically "tied" at 4 times by matches to the marine isotopic record. Kohnen Station, Dronning Maud Land Kohnen Station is located at , 2892 m above sea level. Higher annual snowfall and sensitivity to conditions over the South Atlantic will allow the study of any links between shifts in the Atlantic Ocean circulation and the rapid climate events detected over Greenland. Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice The European project "Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice" aims at obtaining older ice cores, which are expected to provide climatic data up to 1.5 million years old. A drill site, "Little Dome C", was chosen in 2022 and drilling operations will take place in the following years. See also Dome C Concordia Station Vostok Station Kohnen Station Dome F Jean Robert Petit Ice core References External links EPICA page of the European Science Foundation as PDF Kohnen Station home page EPICA Press Release announcing the successful completion of ice core drilling at Dome C Coverage by the BBC COMNAP Antarctic Facilities COMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map Geochronological institutions and organizations Europe and the Antarctic