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Melting sea ice may mean the end of driftwood in Iceland

Driftwood floats thousands of kilometers from Siberia to Iceland, but it may drift no longer by 2060 due to climate change.
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6,000 years of arrows emerge from melting Norwegian ice patch

6,000 years of arrows emerge from melting Norwegian ice patch

The record-setting discovery of 68 projectiles from the Neolithic to the Viking Era also upends ideas on how ice both preserves and destroys archaeological finds.
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Lost Viking ‘highway’ revealed by melting ice
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Lost Viking ‘highway’ revealed by melting ice

1,000-year-old horseshoes, sleds, and tools are emerging from a shrinking ice patch in Norway, telling the story of the rise and fall of a mountain pass and the people who traveled along it.
How a Viking swimming with a sheep led to climate change denial
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How a Viking swimming with a sheep led to climate change denial

A new article shows how a medieval tale about a Viking swimming with a sheep led to a misunderstanding about the "medieval warm period" and spawned a misguided strain of climate change denial that continues to this day.

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Saving Scotland’s heritage from the rising seas
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Saving Scotland’s heritage from the rising seas

Citizens and scientists on the Orkney Islands are racing to protect thousands of ancient structures threatened by climate change.
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