Study finds forgotten Cold War nuclear base in Greenland was once ice-free, with summers 4.7°C warmer about 416,000 years ago |
A forgotten Cold War military base buried beneath Greenland’s ice is giving scientists an unusual glimpse into a much warmer Earth. Researchers examined sediment recovered from Camp Century in northwestern Greenland, a site built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1959 and abandoned in 1967. The sediment contained biological markers that allowed scientists…