2013 :: I JOINED SCIENTISTS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH, CU-BOULDER, FOR A WALK ALONG THE EDGES OF THE BREATHTAKING PENNY ICE CAP. WE WERE LOOKING FOR DEAD VEGETATION, RECENTLY UNCOVERED AFTER SITTING PERFECTLY PRESERVED FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS UNDERNEATH THE ICE. THESE PLANTS OFFER VALUABLE CHRONOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF PAST CLIMATES, WHICH IN TURN, CAN TEACH US ABOUT FUTURE CLIMATES.

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