Greenland (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

Greenland

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Tundra vegetation is seen on the Greenland landscape in this photo from 2012. A University at Buffalo-led study found that summer temperatures at Camp Century on Greenland were 4.7 degrees Celsisus higher during an ice-free period 416,000 years ago.

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Josh Brown, University of Vermont

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