NASA Discovers Secret Cold War Base Beneath Greenland's Ice
TL;DR
NASA's recent radar scans of the Greenland Ice Sheet have revealed the Cold War-era Camp Century, a secret military base built by the U.S. Army in 1959 and abandoned in 1967, still buried 100 feet under the ice. Originally intended as a nuclear missile launch site, the base contains radioactive waste that poses environmental risks due to climate change, which could expose or move the waste unpredictably. The discovery highlights the need for better modeling of climate impacts on such hidden hazards.
Topics:worldscience-and-environment#camp-century#climate-change#greenland#nasa#radioactive-waste#science-and-environment
- NASA Found An Abandoned Military Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice Jalopnik
- New View of the “City Under the Ice” nasa.gov
- 'We didn't know what it was at first.' NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet Space.com
- Camp Century: Look back at Cold war history frozen in time USA TODAY
- NASA Uncovers Hidden Cold War Base Buried In Ice The Weather Channel
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