Seeds, twigs, and insect parts found under two miles of ice confirm Greenland's ice sheet melted in the recent past, the first direct evidence that the center -- not just the edges -- of the two-mile-deep ice melted away in the recent geological past. The new research indicates that the giant ice sheet is more fragile than scientists had realized until the last few years -- and reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe in a warmer future.

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Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe

The risk of a "catastrophic" sea-level rise that would swamp some of the world's major cities has increased after scientists made a worrying discovery.

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Risk of ‘catastrophic’ sea-level rise increases after worrying Greenland discovery

New research about Greenland's ice sheet could provide a warning of what's to come as the planet continues to warm.

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Fossil discovery in Greenland ice sheet reveals increased risk of sea level rise

WASHINGTON — In the not-too-distant past, Greenland lived up to its name. Scientists have discovered plant and insect remains under a two-mile-deep (three km) ice core extracted from the center of the island, providing the clearest proof yet that nearly all of this vast territory was green within the past million years, when atmospheric carbon levels were much lower than today. Their research, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National …

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Greenland fossils reveal greater sea-level threat from climate

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In the not-too-distant past, Greenland lived up to its name.

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Fossils From The Heart of Greenland Reveal a Greater Threat of Rising Seas

Seeds, twigs and insect parts in ice core stun scientists and confirm that center of ice sheet was melted in recent past.

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