First ever exploration of these isolated caves could reveal our climate future

An intrepid scientist and her team were the first to venture into the Wulff Land caves—and they found surprising evidence of Greenland’s prehistoric past.

Paleoclimatologist and Comer Fellow Gina Moseley led a team of scientists to Greenland’s northernmost caves, including the Wulff Land Cave (shown here). They were searching for geological time capsules—mineral specimens called speleothems that hold the climate history of a distant, warmer past.

Read the National Geographic story by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee with stunning photographs by Robbie Shone.