Tag Archives: Greenland
Greenland fossils reveal global ecosystem recovery after mass extinction
A new study shows how higher latitude ecosystems recovered after the World’s most cataclysmic extinction event 252 million years ago. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Greenland rising as ice melts
Zachariae Isbr?, northeast Greenland. A new study on the Greenland Ice Sheet provides valuable insight on climate change, using unique research methods to establish new estimates of ice loss for both modern and ancient times, says UB geologist Beata Csatho, … Continue reading
World’s oldest fossils discovered in Greenland are 3.7 billion years old
Scientists discovered a rock that containes stromatolites, tiny layered structures from 3.7 billion years ago that are remnants from a community of microbes that used to be live there. (Allen Nutman / AP) Oldest Fossils On Earth Discovered, Raising Chances … Continue reading
Liquid water under the ice, Greenland
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-4f809b95295ded1d161d860dd6030a73.jpg” IMG class=”hide” alt=”Acqua liquida sotto ghiacci Groenlandia” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-4f809b95295ded1d161d860dd6030a73.jpg”(ANSAmed) – Rome, Dec 23 – under the ice of Greenland in the South there is an aquifer that extends over perennial 70,000 square kilometers, while the surface of … Continue reading