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In Iceland, melting glaciers give way to plant life

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-02-24

As the climate warms and glaciers retreat, the landscape around them is transforming. With the recession of ice, areas that were formerly frozen over can now sustain plant life. A new paper published by scientists from Syracuse, New York's Le Moyne College in Ecological Processes reveals the dynamics of emerging plant growth on the foreland of a retreating glacier in southern Iceland.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-02-iceland-glaciers-life.html