There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1.4 km of ice

[Sneaky2021]

Around 80 percent of Greenland is covered by the Greenland Ice Sheet, which Britannica explains is the "largest and possibly the only relic of the Pleistocene glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere." But has it always been so icy? Well, at the bottom of a 1.4 km core sample, which was taken in 1966 at Camp Century, researchers found "well-preserved fossil plants and biomolecules," which means that the massive sheet melted and reformed at least once in the last million years. Brrrrr!​

 

[mr.yohan]

Did you know that around 80% of Greenland is covered by a massive ice sheet? Surprisingly, researchers found fossil plants and biomolecules at the bottom of a core sample, showing it melted and reformed at least once in the last million years. Nature sure keeps us guessing, doesn't it?

 

[Bulsky]

Around 80 percent of Greenland is covered by the Greenland Ice Sheet, which Britannica explains is the "largest and possibly the only relic of the Pleistocene glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere." But has it always been so icy? Well, at the bottom of a 1.4 km core sample, which was taken in 1966 at Camp Century, researchers found "well-preserved fossil plants and biomolecules," which means that the massive sheet melted and reformed at least once in the last million years. Brrrrr!​

Fossilized plants under 1.4 km of ice in Greenland? That's wild!