2019-01-28 | Arctic glacial melts reveal land hidden for more than 40,000 years - Business Insider
"Melting ice is exposing hidden landscapes in the Canadian Arctic that haven't been seen in more than 40,000 years, new research published in Nature Communications reveals.", "Pendleton and colleagues' research is based on plants collected at the edge of ice caps on Baffin Island, the fifth-largest island in the world."
'According to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Canadian Arctic may be seeing its warmest century in as many as 115,000 years. '
'Analysis in the lab suggests that plants in all 30 ice caps were likely to have been preserved in a constant sheet of ice for the past 40,000 years — or longer. '
'And what with atmospheric carbon dioxide set to spike once again in 2019, we can expect more of these warm summers. '
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"Melting ice is exposing hidden landscapes in the Canadian Arctic that haven't been seen in more than 40,000 years, new research published in Nature Communications reveals.", "Pendleton and colleagues' research is based on plants collected at the edge of ice caps on Baffin Island, the fifth-largest island in the world."
'According to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Canadian Arctic may be seeing its warmest century in as many as 115,000 years. '
'Analysis in the lab suggests that plants in all 30 ice caps were likely to have been preserved in a constant sheet of ice for the past 40,000 years — or longer. '
'And what with atmospheric carbon dioxide set to spike once again in 2019, we can expect more of these warm summers. '
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