Climate change reveals secrets of our ancestors hidden in the ice
Briefly

In The Age of Melt, science journalist Lisa Baril takes the reader on a well-crafted and entertaining journey into Earth's frozen realms, exploring the intersection of climate and culture.
Baril focuses on the last two categories of cryosphere—mountain glaciers and semi-permanent ice patches—because they exist at mid- and low latitudes, where the most people live and have direct contact with ice.
The journey starts high in the Alps with the 1991 discovery of Ötzi, whose body and belongings had been preserved for more than 5,000 years due to ice patch characteristics.
Unlike glaciers, ice patches are smaller and thinner, which means they preserve artifacts and bodies without the destructive flow that characterizes glaciers, allowing us to uncover unique historical insights.
Read at Nature
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