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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Two-Million-Year-Old 'Mummy Trees' Reveal Harsh Climate

The remains of a mummified forest that lived on Ellesmere Island in Canada some 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. Credit: Joel Barker, courtesy of Ohio State University.
The remains of a mummified forest that lived on Ellesmere Island in Canada some 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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