Groundbreaking research reveals that Greenland was almost entirely ice-free just under 1 million years ago! Fossilized flowers, fungi, and insect body parts found in a core sample from the island's icy heart suggest a lush tundra ecosystem with potential small trees. The discovery challenges previous assumptions about Greenland's ice sheet and has implications for present-day sea level rise. Source: https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/fossils-from-greenland-s-icy-heart-reveal-it-was-a-green-tundra-covered-in-flowers-less-than-1-million-years-ago