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Melting Antarctic Snow Is Revealing The Preserved Remains of 800-Year-Old Penguins – ScienceAlert
As the world warms up, melting ice sheets across the globe are exposing everything from trapped methane gas to Viking remains.
As the world warms up, melting ice sheets across the globe are exposing everything from trapped methane gas to Viking remains.
Now a new discovery has been made in the receding snow packs: the remains of 800-year-old penguins.
Having discovered what initially appeared to be fresh Adélie penguin remains at Cape Irizar on the Antarctic coastline, researchers were surprised to discover that carbon-dating put the carcasses at a minimum of 800 years old.
Some of the less well-preserved remains eve…
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