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Wednesday, January 30th, 2019

Glacial melts in the Canadian Arctic reveal land that hasn’t been seen in more than 40,000 years

Author:     Rosie McCall
Source:     Business Insider
Publication Date:     28 January 2019
 Link: Glacial melts in the Canadian Arctic reveal land that hasn’t been seen in more than 40,000 years
Stephan:   Land not seen in 40,000 years suddenly revealed because the ice that has covered it has melted away. Welcome to climate change.

  • Southern Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, Arctic Ocean. Land not seen in 40,000 years.
    Credit: Kike Calvo/AP

    Researchers studied melting ice on Canada’s Baffin Island and discovered land that was hidden for more than 40,000 years.

  • They believe the Canadian Arctic is experiencing its warmest century of the past 115,000 years.
  • The vegetation found underneath the ice is likely from its original growth period many years ago.
  • Scientists plan to carbon date and conduct further studies on the plants to learn more about the Arctic climate.

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.

Unsurprisingly, the study suggests climate change is the driving force behind this record-breaking glacial retreat and with Arctic temps rising at increasing speed thanks to strong positive feedback loops in the polar regions, we can expect things to heat up even quicker in the near future. According to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Canadian Arctic may be seeing its warmest […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 3:32 pm

    In the meantime, here in Pa. we are suffering record-breaking cold spells in which our cars will not start because the batteries cannot work In this horrible cold. It was all I could do to get outside to shovel the sidewalk so the mailman could make it to our home, not to mention having to spend a small fortune on salt to put on the ice which is under the snow, I froze my fingers just trying to get the snow removed because the wind made it drift into piles like we’ve seldom seen before. If that isn’t proof of climate change, nothing is.