When the Arctic was warmer and home to abundant wildlife
DNA From 2 Million Years Ago Reveals Arctic Utopia That Was 50-65 Degrees Warmer Two-million-year old DNA from northern Greenland has pushed back the genetic record by 1 million years to a time when the Arctic region was 50-65 degrees warmer, and home to abundant wildlife – including mastodons, lemmings and geese, The Guardian reports. According to researchers from the University of Cambridge and University of Coppenhagen, the northern peninsula of Greenland – which is now a polar desert – once contained boreal forests of popular and birch…
