Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A study of octopus DNA may have solved a lasting mystery about when the rapidly melting West Antarctica ice sheet last collapsed, unlocking valuable information about how much future sea levels might rise in a … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A study of octopus DNA may have solved a lasting mystery about when the rapidly melting West Antarctica ice sheet last collapsed, unlocking valuable information about how much future sea levels might rise in a … Read more
About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free. The rugged tundra basked in the sun’s rays on the island’s northwestern highlands. There is evidence that a forest of spruce trees, buzzing with insects, covered the southern part of Greenland. Global sea level was then much higher, between 6 and 12 meters above current … Read more