Study Reveals Greenland Was Ice-Free as Recently as 7,000 Years Ago

Study reveals Greenland was ice-free as recently as 7,000 years ago

Findings suggest this part of Greenland is highly sensitive to modest warming, with implications for future retreat. Continue reading Study reveals Greenland was ice-free as recently as 7,000 years ago on Tech Explorist.

Environmental News Network - Greenland Ice Cap Vanished Just 7,000 Years Ago

The first study from GreenDrill—an ambitious project to recover rock samples buried thousands of feet beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet—finds that Greenland’s Prudhoe Dome ice cap had fully melted around 7,000 years ago, much more recently than previously thought.