Warming Is Bad
Although the rapid rate of melting will provide a better yield for archaeologists, there is also the fact that it encourages a faster decomposition rate. With the melted ice and permafrost, artifacts will experience the weathering process they used to be immune to. After such exposure, degeneration happens. Arrowheads, sinew, and even bone will eventually break apart without immediate treatment.
Warming Is Bad
What Ice Patches Are
The arctic ice patches are suffering the worst from this rapid deterioration rate. An ice patch is formed when snow aggregates pile up and preserve the layers. Animals typically go to these patches. Some of them die and solidify there. It is often these animal remains that scientists discover in these ice patches! Tom Andrews is a pioneer in this fascinating field of study.
What Ice Patches Are
