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Core Viewpoint - The world's first cold storage facility for high mountain ice cores has been officially opened, located near the Concordia Station in Antarctica, which is suitable for preserving ice cores due to its consistently low temperatures [1][3]. Group 1: Ice Core Storage Project - The ice cores stored are from glaciers located at Mont Blanc in France and the Grand Combin in Switzerland, having traveled for 50 days from the Italian port of Trieste [3]. - The project, named "Ice Memory," is operated by a foundation comprising research institutions from France, Italy, and Switzerland, aiming to extract and preserve ice cores from glaciers that are degrading or at risk of disappearing [3]. - The physical samples preserved in the ice layers, including atmospheric gases, aerosols, pollutants, and dust, will enable future researchers to study past climate conditions using potentially non-existent technologies today [3]. Group 2: Importance of Ice Cores - Ice cores are crucial research materials in glaciology, containing information about historical natural climate changes and the impact of human activities on the climate environment [3]. - A report published in the journal Nature Climate Change indicates that if climate change is not effectively addressed, the global glaciers could accelerate their annual reduction from an average of 1,000 to between 2,000 and 4,000 by the 2040s [3].

Group 1 - The world's first cold storage facility for high mountain ice cores has been officially opened in Antarctica, located near the Concordia Station operated by France and Italy [1] - The first batch of ice cores, taken from glaciers on Mont Blanc in France and the Grand Combin in Switzerland, was transported to Antarctica after a 50-day journey involving refrigerated icebreakers and planes [1] - The project, named "Ice Memory," is operated by a foundation consisting of research institutions from France, Italy, and Switzerland, aiming to extract and preserve ice cores from glaciers that are deteriorating or at risk of disappearing [1] Group 2 - A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change indicates that if climate change is not effectively addressed, the global glacier loss could accelerate from an average of 1,000 glaciers per year to between 2,000 and 4,000 glaciers per year by the 2040s [2] - The rapid decline of Earth's ice layers may lead to the loss of critical climate information contained within them [2]