Deglaciation of northwestern Greenland during Marine Isotope Stage 11
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Published in Science · View the paper (DOI)
A new study reveals that large portions of Greenland were ice-free tundra landscapes with trees and woolly mammoths 416,000 years ago. The melting caused at least five feet of sea level rise during a moderate warming period.
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- Science: Greenland melted recently, shows high risk of sea level rise today University of Vermont · Jul 20, 2023 · first to report
- Greenland has greener history than previously thought, says USU Geoscientist Utah State University · Jul 20, 2023
- Northwestern Greenland was ice-free 400,000 years ago, according to Camp Century sediments American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Jul 20, 2023