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St. John's College, University of Cambridge

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Newly thawed moss from the permafrost coastal deposits. The moss originates from erosion of the river that cut through the landscape at Kap København some two million years ago.

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Professor Nicolaj K. Larsen

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These images may be used in press material but at all times in relation to the article “A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA” by Kjaer et al. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05453-y.

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