Melting ice at Yellowstone has revealed the fossilized remains of Whitebark pine trees that formed a part of a larger ancient forest. Credits: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Researchers are revealing the secrets of 6,000-year-old pine forests, preserved in ice patches in the Beartooth Mountains. These ice forests are giving up ancient secrets about the past — and future — ...

A team of scientists from Montana State University, the U.S. Geological Survey and collaborating institutions discovered the ancient whitebark pine forest while on an archeological survey on the ...

Scientists in northwest Wyoming found remnants of an ancient forest, frozen in ice on a barren tundra in northwest Wyoming. Uncovering the rest of the story is a race against time. The ghostly ...

Scientists have unearthed a remarkable ancient forest preserved under ice on the Beartooth Plateau, providing a rare look into how warming climates could reshape alpine ecosystems. The study, ...

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Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the ...