Ice core reveals Greenland was green 416,000 years ago - study
Prior to the study, it was previously thought that much of the ice sheet that covers the country today had persisted for the past 2.5 million years.
THE MELTING Sermeq glacier, located around 80 km. south of Nuuk, is photographed in this aerial over Greenland, last September. Since last Rosh Hashanah, Greenland has lost 250 billion tons of ice.(photo credit: HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/REUTERS)
