Global Museum<p>Three new extinct walnut species discovered in high Arctic mummified forest.</p><p>Today, the Canadian island of Axel Heiberg is a frozen desert devoid of nearly all life. But 45 million years ago, it supported a lush rainforest on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Since then, the forest has been buried first beneath layers of sediment, then accumulated ice, leaving it frozen in time.</p><p><a href="https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/three-new-extinct-walnut-species-discovered-in-high-arctic-mummified-forest/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/</span><span class="invisible">three-new-extinct-walnut-species-discovered-in-high-arctic-mummified-forest/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Walnuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walnuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AxelHeiberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AxelHeiberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>