With the melting of Arctic ice on the eastern side of Baffin Island in Canada’s Arctic, scientists are uncovering ancient tundra plants that remained buried beneath ice for more than 40,000 years.

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Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a new method which could help scientists perform large-scale climate ...

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