Still standing: Ancient Alaskan forest thaws from melting glacial tomb
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 14:01
in Earth & Climate
An ancient forest has thawed from under a melting glacier in Alaska and is now exposed to the world for the first time in more than 1,000 years.Stumps and logs have been popping out from under southern Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier — a 36.8-square-mile (95.