Melting Mendenhall Glacier Reveals Ancient Forest

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Researchers have collected pieces of wood to date using radiocarbon dating techniques, and have found that the forest is more than 1,000 years old. Captions and Photo source: Jamie Bradshaw / LiveScience

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An ancient forest has thawed from under a melting glacier in Alaska and is now exposed to the world for the first time in more than 1,000 years…

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