# Forgotten samples from Greenland's Cold War base reveal warmer summers during ancient ice-free period

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-20T23:40:01+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-forgotten-samples-greenland-cold-war.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/forgotten-samples-from-greenland-s-cold-war-base-reveal-warmer-summers-1cfb8b/

The site of a former U.S. military base in Greenland was ice-free at a time when summers were a few degrees warmer than today, according to a new University at Buffalo–led study of ancient sediment recovered from beneath the site in the 1960s.

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