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title: "There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1.4 km of ice."  
description: "Scientists have made the surprising discovery of fossilized plants 1.4 km (0.9 miles) beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet."  
author: "Steilla Mitchel"  
published: 2022-06-28  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1028/there-are-fossilized-plants-in-greenland-under-1-4-km-of-ice  
category: "nature"  
tags: ["nature", "plant fossils", "greenland."]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1.4 km of ice.

![There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1 4 km of ice](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e3ef211-dd6c-422b-ab8f-2a452cb4efe9/images/cbeae840-0a2c-481d-8efc-a15dad2e8508.jpeg) There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1.4 km of ice. ![There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1 4 km of ice](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e3ef211-dd6c-422b-ab8f-2a452cb4efe9/images/a647fbc1-09c7-428a-b68c-c3bb5f0524e9.jpeg) Fossilized plant discovered a mile beneath Greenland ice sheet ![There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1 4 km of ice](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e3ef211-dd6c-422b-ab8f-2a452cb4efe9/images/2a95d361-32e9-4960-b6f7-3625ee2744bc.jpeg) The mystery of Greenland’s ice history could help us survive climate change ![There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1 4 km of ice](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e3ef211-dd6c-422b-ab8f-2a452cb4efe9/images/e665f73c-747b-44ef-8dea-e2ddabbbb16b.jpeg) Fossils plant remain reveal sensitive Greenland ice sheet. ![There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1 4 km of ice](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e3ef211-dd6c-422b-ab8f-2a452cb4efe9/images/2f1a8c63-4eb4-4ba3-8461-7351082977fa.jpeg) Greenland’s shrunken ice sheet ![There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1 4 km of ice](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e3ef211-dd6c-422b-ab8f-2a452cb4efe9/images/d63a6c81-b9f9-4ae0-8c2f-fc84d9fcf052.jpeg) Greenland intact plant fossils discovered beneath ice sheet ![There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1 4 km of ice](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4e3ef211-dd6c-422b-ab8f-2a452cb4efe9/images/06600d86-b913-49e4-8e24-a0caf7be4587.jpeg) Scientists stunned to discover plants beneath mile deep Greenland ice.

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