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March 17, 2021 18:57 IST
Here are some of the most interesting research papers to have appeared in top science journals last week.
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In this Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017 file photo, a glacier calves icebergs into a fjord off the Greenland ice sheet in southeastern Greenland. | Photo Credit:
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Here are some of the most interesting research papers to have appeared in top science journals last week.
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Deep secrets of Greenland
By studying sediments and twig fossils collected from northwestern Greenland, researchers note that the ice in the region entirely melted at least once within the past one million years and was covered with plants and trees. The authors say this shows Greenland is much more sensitive to natural climate warming than previously thought and it can quickly melt and pour into the oceans drowning major coas