280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forest Discovered in Antarctica
Newfound fossils reveal what forests might look like as they march northward in today's warming world
By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience on November 16, 2017
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.scientificamerican.com/article/280-million-year-old-fossil-forest-discovered-in-antarctica/
