Melting alpine ice in the Rocky Mountains has led to the discovery of a 5,900-year-old whitebark pine forest. Over 30 trees are estimated to have been found by scientists during an archaeological survey on the Beartooth plateau in Wyoming.

Scientists recently came across dozens of dead whitebark pine trees on Wyoming's Beartooth Plateau that had been preserved beneath an ice patch for thousands of years. Radiocarbon dating revealed that the pines were around 5,