Drilling discovers ancient Antarctic rainforest

02 kolovoz 2012

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.

Full story: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/305639/drilling-discovers-ancient-antarctic-rainforest

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