Ancient fossil forest discovered in Antarctica

[rangerrebew]

By Stephanie Pappas Livescience.com November 15, 2017, 1:43 PM
Ancient fossil forest discovered in Antarctica


Antarctica wasn't always a land of ice. Millions of years ago, when the continent was still part of a huge Southern Hemisphere landmass called Gondwana, trees flourished near the South Pole.

Now, newfound, intricate fossils of some of these trees are revealing how the plants thrived — and what forests might look like as they march northward in today's warming world.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-fossil-forest-discovered-in-antarctica/

[Joe Wooten]

Antarctica was not a polar continent back then. It was nearer the equator. at the rate it's moving now, in 10-20 million years it won't be a polar continent again.