Oldest DNA ever sampled paints a lush portrait of a lost Arctic world
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Image caption: More than 2 million years ago, Greenland was really green. Image credit: Beth Zaiken / bethzaiken.com. Article by Rahul Rao. Popular Science – December 7, 2022.
A long time ago when it was warmer up north, one corner of Greenland was actually green and teeming with life.
Despite its verdant name, Greenland is hardly the place you’d expect to find a garden. Larger than Mexico, the island is home to fewer than 60,000 people, most of whom live along the southwestern coast. And to no surprise: Most of the country’s vast interior is clad in ice, and in many places, the air is too dry to even make snow. […]
