Ice Memory Archive
Inspired by the June 2026 opening of the Concordia vault: the Ice Memory Foundation archived ice cores from Grand Combin and Mont Blanc at −54 °C in Antarctica — preserving up to 10,000 years of Earth's climate before those glaciers vanish. Click any layer to explore.
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Archive opens · 2026~0 m depth · 2026 CE · CO₂: 424 ppm
June 2026: The Ice Memory Foundation opens the Concordia Station vault, Antarctica. CO₂ at 424 ppm — the highest in 800,000 years of any ice-core record. The vault preserves alpine glaciers that may vanish within decades.
Glaciers archived
10+
across 5 continents
Vault temperature
−54 °C
Concordia, Antarctica
Record span
~10 kyr
alpine ice limit
CO₂ today
424 ppm
800K-year high
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