Ancient forest emerges mummified from the Arctic: Clues to future warming impact
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 12:30
in Earth & Climate
The northernmost mummified forest ever found in Canada is revealing how plants struggled to endure a long-ago global cooling. Researchers believe the trees -- buried by a landslide and exquisitely preserved 2 to 8 million years ago -- will help them predict how today's Arctic will respond to global warming.