Ancient Forest Emerges Mummified From The Arctic (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

Ohio State University

Ancient Forest Emerges Mummified From The Arctic (2 of 3)

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A mummified birch leaf discovered on Ellesmere Island in Canada. Ohio State University researchers and their colleagues have discovered the remains of a mummified forest that lived on the island 2 to 8 million years ago, when the Arctic was cooling. The remains could offer clues to how today’s Arctic will respond to global warming.

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Photo by Joel Barker, courtesy of Ohio State University.

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