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The Rescue Mission to Save Civilization From the Big Melt

Ice patch archeologists are racing against the clock to find ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

Chris Baraniuk
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10 min readOct 14, 2019

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ItIt is like looking at something from another planet. The mystery tools are both about five inches long, bleached a pale gray with age and the effects of the weather. They were found just…

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Chris Baraniuk
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Freelance science and technology journalist. Based in Northern Ireland.