Baffin Island Moss Reveals Human Activity Halted The Next Glacial Expansion

By Jacek Krywko · Ars Technica · 2026-10-24

Baffin Island Moss Reveals Human Activity Halted The Next Glacial Expansion

Ars Technica reports that the Barnes Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic provides physical evidence of a nascent ice age that began two millennia ago. Geologists discovered that the Laurentide Ice Sheet fragment started re-expanding as solar energy declined, only to have that growth a

Ars Technica reports that the Barnes Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic provides physical evidence of a nascent ice age that began two millennia ago. Geologists discovered that the Laurentide Ice Sheet fragment started re-expanding as solar energy declined, only to have that growth a