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Melting glaciers in Arctic reveal land hidden for 40,000 years, study says
Brett Molina 1 day ago
Melting glaciers in the Arctic have unearthed land that has been covered in ice for more than 40,000 years, a study says.
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder collected 48 plant samples from ice caps west of Greenland on Baffin Island, the world's fifth-largest island.
Researchers also collected quartz from these areas to help determine the age and history of ice coverage.
Using radiocarbon dating, which measures the amount of a radioactive isotope of carbon in an organism, researchers learned the plants were likely continuously covered in ice for at least 40,000 years.
More:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/melting-glaciers-in-arctic-reveal-land-hidden-for-40000-years-study-says/ar-BBSTGVO