What Was Greenland Like When it Was Green

To try everything Brilliant has to offer, visit https://brilliant.org/eons It made the front page of the New York Times. Ancient DNA over 2 million years old, retrieved from the frozen dirt of Greenland. It reached back further in time than many scientists used to think was even theoretically possible. And it contained the genetic ghost of an /entire ecosystem/ – one that has no counterpart in today’s world and one that we had /no idea/ even existed. It told of a time when Greenland was green…and how we might borrow genes from that ancient past to help us adapt to the future. Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Annemiek Arkema, Beth-Ann Cheney, Willie, Wookiee Henderson, IAmHere, Nquiztor, SKS PHD, lyric1981, Eric Edwards, Jennifer Courtemanche, Eric Franklin, Steve Hill, raus , Alex Hackman, Gizmo, Karen Farrell, Jason Rostoker, Mary Tevington, Irene Wood, Derek Helling, CalamityBangs, Brian Clubb, Mark Talbott-Williams, Duane Westhoff, Nomi Alchin, A.B. Heckert, Hillary Ryde-Collins, Yu Mei, Albert Folsom, Dan Caffee, Nick Ryhajlo, Stephanie Schlea, Betsy Radley, Jeff Graham, Nathan Paskett, Sara Lance, Hugo van den Hoek, Stephen A Muth III, Sarah Grunow-Mau, tara thara, Perseus Bluejay, Walter Ray-Dulany, Mary Sammartino , Ruth Orr, Deanna Hernandez, John Hildebrandt, rene fuqua, John Celio, Melodie Chen-Glasser, Susan Freund, Lianne Lairmore, Kevin Lacson, Randall George, Casey Hague, Christopher Samuel, William Sunderland, Collin Dutrow, Josh L, Kerry Conneely, Steven Kern, Nicholas Arger, Douglas B, Beth K, Aaditya Mehta, Travis Bauer, AllPizzasArePersonal, Lea Nisay, Eric Younge, Elyssa, John D Elias, John H. Austin, Jr. If you'd like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/ Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/pbseons.bsky.social #Eons References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GGLJe0-NtOG7Tt8hITNkuAS3bjz-jA29U-h6dGQkOJw/edit?usp=sharing