They discover an arctic landscape hidden under the ice for 40,000 years.

On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 18:45

An incredible arctic landscape has been discovered for researchers after being hidden under the ice for 40,000 years.

This could be glimpsed after the melting of a glacier on the Canadian island of Baffin, which this was of great concern to specialists because it would show that, theoretically, the hottest year has been lived for 115,000 years.

According to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, this collapse immediately left the Arctic landscape, as reported last week by Natural Communications magazine.

"The Arctic is currently warming two or three times faster than the rest of the world, so naturally, glaciers and ice caps will react faster"he expressed Simon Pendleton, lead author and researcher at the Institute for Alpine and Arctic Research (INSTAAR), Live Science.

When they reported from the University portal last August, specialists collected 48 plant samples from 30 localities to determine their antiquity. They discovered that the old vegetation was 40,000 years old.

"We went to the margins of the recessed ice and took samples from the newly exposed plants in these ancient landscapes to see when the last time the ice came in. As the dead plants are effectively removed from the landscape, the radiocarbon age of rooted plants defines the last time the summers were as warm, on average, as those of the last century. "said Pendleton.

And closed: "Being here and seeing that change is … I do not have a good word for that, it takes your breath away."

Source: https://radiomitre.cienradios.com/descubren-paisaje-artico-estuvo-escondido-hielo-40-000-anos-deja-sin-aliento/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=nota&utm_campaign=socialshare

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