Ancient biomolecules from deep ice cores reveal a forested Southern Greenland
(2007) In Science 317(5834). p.111-114- Abstract
- It is difficult to obtain fossil data from the 10% of Earth's terrestrial surface that is covered by thick glaciers and ice sheets, and hence, knowledge of the paleoenvironments of these regions has remained limited. We show that DNA and amino acids from buried organisms can be recovered from the basal sections of deep ice cores, enabling reconstructions of past flora and fauna. We show that high-altitude southern Greenland, currently lying below more than 2 kilometers of ice, was inhabited by a diverse array of conifer trees and insects within the past million years. The results provide direct evidence in support of a forested southern Greenland and suggest that many deep ice cores may contain genetic records of paleoenvironments in their... (More)
- It is difficult to obtain fossil data from the 10% of Earth's terrestrial surface that is covered by thick glaciers and ice sheets, and hence, knowledge of the paleoenvironments of these regions has remained limited. We show that DNA and amino acids from buried organisms can be recovered from the basal sections of deep ice cores, enabling reconstructions of past flora and fauna. We show that high-altitude southern Greenland, currently lying below more than 2 kilometers of ice, was inhabited by a diverse array of conifer trees and insects within the past million years. The results provide direct evidence in support of a forested southern Greenland and suggest that many deep ice cores may contain genetic records of paleoenvironments in their basal sections. (Less)
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- Willerslev, Eske
; Cappellini, Enrico
; Boomsma, Wouter
; Nielsen, Rasmus
; Hebsgaard, Martin B.
; Brand, Tina B.
; Hofreiter, Michael
; Bunce, Michael
; Poinar, Hendrik N.
; Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe
; Johnsen, Sigfus
; Steffensen, Jorgen Peder
; Bennike, Ole
; Schwenninger, Jean-Luc
; Nathan, Roger
; Armitage, Simon
; de Hoog, Cees-Jan
; Alfimov, Vasily
; Christl, Marcus
; Beer, Juerg
; Muscheler, Raimund
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; Barker, Joel
; Sharp, Martin
; Penkman, Kirsty E. H.
; Haile, James
; Taberlet, Pierre
; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
; Casoli, Antonella
; Campani, Elisa
and Collins, Matthew J.
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- 5834
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- 111 - 114
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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- 1095-9203
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.1141758
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abstract = {{It is difficult to obtain fossil data from the 10% of Earth's terrestrial surface that is covered by thick glaciers and ice sheets, and hence, knowledge of the paleoenvironments of these regions has remained limited. We show that DNA and amino acids from buried organisms can be recovered from the basal sections of deep ice cores, enabling reconstructions of past flora and fauna. We show that high-altitude southern Greenland, currently lying below more than 2 kilometers of ice, was inhabited by a diverse array of conifer trees and insects within the past million years. The results provide direct evidence in support of a forested southern Greenland and suggest that many deep ice cores may contain genetic records of paleoenvironments in their basal sections.}},
author = {{Willerslev, Eske and Cappellini, Enrico and Boomsma, Wouter and Nielsen, Rasmus and Hebsgaard, Martin B. and Brand, Tina B. and Hofreiter, Michael and Bunce, Michael and Poinar, Hendrik N. and Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe and Johnsen, Sigfus and Steffensen, Jorgen Peder and Bennike, Ole and Schwenninger, Jean-Luc and Nathan, Roger and Armitage, Simon and de Hoog, Cees-Jan and Alfimov, Vasily and Christl, Marcus and Beer, Juerg and Muscheler, Raimund and Barker, Joel and Sharp, Martin and Penkman, Kirsty E. H. and Haile, James and Taberlet, Pierre and Gilbert, M. Thomas P. and Casoli, Antonella and Campani, Elisa and Collins, Matthew J.}},
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title = {{Ancient biomolecules from deep ice cores reveal a forested Southern Greenland}},
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