Notice that man made globe warming is not mentioned in the article.
Posted on 03/09/2025 11:05:49 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A recent discovery in the Rocky Mountains has given scientists an extraordinary look into the past, but it comes with an unsettling reminder of the effects of climate change. A 5,900-year-old forest was found preserved under ice at Wyoming’s Beartooth Plateau, offering valuable insight into ancient ecosystems. This remarkable find, detailed in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, underscores the impact of warming temperatures. The forest was uncovered as ice patches melted, further highlighting the growing threat of rising global temperatures to high-elevation ecosystems.
Ancient Trees Uncovered After Millennia
During an archaeological survey, scientists found 30 whitebark pine trees in an exceptional state of preservation. Radiocarbon dating confirmed their age, ranging from 5,440 to 5,950 years old. The trees were discovered 180 meters above the current tree line, suggesting that when they were alive, temperatures were warm enough to support forests at much higher elevations.
This discovery reshapes our understanding of the Rocky Mountains’ past climate. It also confirms that tree lines have shifted dramatically over thousands of years, responding to long-term environmental changes.
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Notice that man made globe warming is not mentioned in the article.
Cool.
“””A recent discovery in the Rocky Mountains has given scientists an extraordinary look into the past, but it comes with an unsettling reminder of the effects of climate change. A 5,900-year-old forest was found preserved under ice at Wyoming’s Beartooth Plateau, “””””
As an uneducated deplorable I would ask a simple question...what caused the forest to be frozen under ice in the first place?? Climate change, right?
So, timberline used to lower? How can that be?
And that 'tree lines' will continue to shift over the eons? That the statement 'this too will change' is as real today as it was in the past or ever?
Make that higher.
Unsettling? Crawl back into your cave.
Trees growing under ice when we did not screw up the climbit huh? And now you see it...
but isn’t the phrase “climate change” used synonymously? Paragraph 1 and 2 form a mighty contrast to me.
6000 years ago is about the time Mount Mazama blew up, creating the caldera that would become Crater Lake. Mastodons were still walking around.
Bull twiddle
and ancient climate change thawed it.
Sooooo, before 6k years ago, there were forests there. Stupid me, because that made me think that climate was warmer then. What caused it to cool? Why was it warmer before? My daily entertainment is reading the first-grade ‘science’ reporting of mere journalism majors who read the output of folks whose research grants would continue if and only if they reported the gubmit’s already reached conclusions. Conclusions financed by a collection of ‘leaders’ who are into politics precisely because science was totally beyond them. As for the article - interesting about the trees. Total bull-Obama about the ‘climate change’.
The author is a complete retard. How can thawing forests that were previously frozen show the “threat of warming”? Is it not a good thing that previously frozen forests are thawing and a bad thing that they were frozen in the first place? Isn’t good and bad irrelevant since climate change is an eternal constant which we cannot and should not try to alter? Author twists themselves into a pretzel to support a bankrupt narrative.
If anyone visits Beartooth Pass during the summer, make sure you stay on the snow Fields, otherwise you will be eaten alive by mosquitoes.
Well said. Good post.
“As an uneducated deplorable I would ask a simple question...what caused the forest to be frozen under ice in the first place?? Climate change, right?”
Right, and it means that 5.900 years ago it was as warm or warmer than it is now. That’s why there used to be trees there and then later it got colder and they were covered in ice.
I am amused at how they always characterize change as a threat rather than a return to a previous norm. The discovery that there was once a thriving ecosystem there before it was iced over is evidence there was global cooling between then and now that destroyed that ecosystem, and now that it is melting there will be a thriving ecosystem there again soon.
One way you can tell the climate narrative is a big lie is they are 100% consistent in never admitting an opposing point. Nothing that's truthful is that seamless.
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