Antarctic fossils paint a picture of a much warmer continent
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 00:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
National Science Foundation-funded scientists working in an ice-free region of Antarctica have discovered the last traces of tundra--in the form of fossilized plants and insects--on the interior of the southernmost continent before temperatures began a relentless drop millions of years ago.
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