Greenland Ice Cap Vanished 7,000 Years Ago, and It Could Happen Again

Analysis of core samples extracted from beneath an ice sheet indicates that the region is extremely responsive to the temperatures characteristic of today’s interglacial period. Researchers involved in GreenDrill, a project jointly led by the University at Buffalo to recover rock and sediment from beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet, report that the Prudhoe Dome ice [...]