This picture shows the skull of a mountain goat on the way to the Pamir Glacier during the expedition "Pamir-Ice-Memory" in Kon Chukurbashi, eastern Tajikistan on September 25, 2025. At more than 5,800 meters above sea level, an international team of scientists is drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region's first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth's climatic memory before global warming erases it forever. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)

This picture shows two members of expedition "Pamir-Ice-Memory" climbing down the Pamir glacier carrying ice core samples in a cooler box to the base camp, in Kon Chukurbashi, eastern Tajikistan on September 24, 2025. At more than 5,800 meters above sea level, an international team of scientists is drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region's first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth's climatic memory before global warming erases it forever. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)

This picture shows the village Murghab down the Pamir Glacier during the expedition "Pamir-Ice-Memory", in Kon Chukurbashi, eastern Tajikistan, on September 26, 2025. At more than 5,800 meters above sea level, an international team of scientists is drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region's first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth's climatic memory before global warming erases it forever. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)

This picture shows the base Camp of the expedition "Pamir-Ice-Memory" at the foot of the Pamir Glacier in Kon Chukurbashi, eastern Tadjikistan on September 25, 2025. At more than 5,800 meters above sea level, an international team of scientists is drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region's first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth's climatic memory before global warming erases it forever. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)

This picture shows members of the expedition "Pamir-Ice-Memory" climbing up Pamir Glacier, in Kon Chukurbashi, eastern Tadjikistan on September 25, 2025. At more than 5,800 meters above sea level, an international team of scientists is drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region's first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth's climatic memory before global warming erases it forever. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)

This picture shows Switzerland's Glaciologist Andreas Henz climbing down the glacier during the expedition "Pamir-Ice-Memory" at Pamir Glacier in Kon Chukurbashi, Eastern Tadjikistan on September 24, 2025. At more than 5,800 meters above sea level, an international team of scientists is drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region's first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth's climatic memory before global warming erases it forever. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia's Ivan Lavrentiev and Tadjikistan's Jahongir Abdullov, members of the expedition "Pamir-Ice-Memory" climb up at the base of Pamir Glacier in Kon Chukurbashi, eastern Tadjikistan, on September 25, 2025. At more than 5,800 meters above sea level, an international team of scientists is drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region's first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth's climatic memory before global warming erases it forever. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)

Members of "Pamir Ice memory" expedition set their gear at the foot of Pamir Glacier in Kon Chukurbashi eastern Tadjikistan on September 25, 2025. At more than 5,800 meters above sea level, an international team of scientists is drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region's first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth's climatic memory before global warming erases it forever. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)