Today, nearly 98% of Greenland is covered in ice — but new ... ice in the center of the island vanished and was replaced by a tundra ecosystem," study lead author Paul Bierman, a geologist ...

A team of scientists have found organic soil that has been frozen to the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet for 2.7 million years, providing strong evidence that the ice sheet has survived many ...

Historically, West Greenland is a relatively arid expanse of tundra. In summer, the thawed landscape is covered in low-lying vegetation ... The transformation, brought about by one especially warm and ...

and her colleagues found that winds blowing off the Greenland Ice Sheet are eroding soil and vegetation in the surrounding tundra. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...