Researchers discovered that plants and algae survived in a small Arctic lake during the coldest period of the last ice age, when the area was assumed to…

Heinrich Event 2 was preceded by atmospheric warming, supporting the view that Heinrich Stadials were marked by extreme seasonality and not year-round cold, according to paleoclimate data from High Ar...

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The Åsgardfonna ice cap in Svalbard did not melt entirely during the Holocene Thermal Maximum and possibly advanced despite the warmer-than-today climate, due to seasonal sea-ice loss enhanced snowfal...

Researcher Willem van der Bilt was surprised that the results of a project on storminess in a less icy Arctic showed the opposite of what was expected.

Coastal lake sediments from Svalbard are analyzed to reconstruct Holocene changes in Easterly and Westerly wind strength. These results show winds were stronger during cold summers and challenge the v...