Drilling of the seabed off Antarctica has revealed that rainforest grew
on the frozen continent 52 million years ago, scientists said Thursday,
warning it could be ice-free again within decades.
The study of sediment cores drilled from the ocean floor off
Antarctica's east coast revealed fossil pollens that had come from a
"near-tropical" forest covering the continent in the Eocene period,
34-56 million years ago.
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Drilling discovers ancient Antarctic rainforest
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