Thursday, November 23, 2017

Geologists discover fossils from 13 ancient tree species in Antarctica

It may be hard to believe, but forests once sprawled across Antarctica. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee geologists recently climbed the slopes of McIntyre Promontory in the Transantarctic Mountains to uncover fossil fragments from 13 trees that greened Antarctica more than 260 million years ago - before the first dinosaurs ever walked the planet. Related:

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/geologists-discover-fossils-from-13-ancient-tree-species-in-antarctica
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