Greenland's caves preserve an ancient climate archive

[alanw]

Greenland's caves preserve an ancient climate archive

In a remote cave in northern Greenland, a research team led by geologists Gina Moseley, Gabriella Koltai, and Jonathan Baker from the University of Innsbruck has discovered evidence of a significantly warmer Arctic. The cave deposits show that the region was free of permafrost millions of years...

phys.org

In a remote cave in northern Greenland, a research team led by geologists Gina Moseley, Gabriella Koltai, and Jonathan Baker from the University of Innsbruck has discovered evidence of a significantly warmer Arctic. The cave deposits show that the region was free of permafrost millions of years ago and responded sensitively to rising temperatures.

The findings, published in Nature Geoscience, provide new insights into past climate conditions and their relevance for today's climate protection efforts.

 

[Andy Farrant]

If you want to find out more about Gina's work on the caves and paleoclimate of Greenland please join us for our next BCRA cave science seminar which will be given by Gina Moseley this Monday 3rd November on Scientific Investigations in Greenland's Caves: Unlocking High Arctic Climate Histories. The seminar starts at 7:30pm on Zoom, for further details on the talk and how to join visit our website: https://bcra.org.uk/seminars2025.html#talk9