EventA new study in Science models the Late Holocene reexpansion of the Laurentide Ice Sheet as likely originating over Baffin Island in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. The work complements earlier findings that Arctic ice grew for centuries before progressively retreating in the mid‑20th century.
A new Science study shows that Arctic ice began to grow over a thousand years ago but halted in the 1960s as greenhouse gases suppressed a nascent ice age.
Models suggest that the Late Holocene re-expansion of the Laurentide Ice Sheet likely began over Baffin Island, which today hosts Barnes.
