Antarctic fossils reveal much warmer continent
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 12:07
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 fossilised plants and insects - on the interior of the southernmost continent before temperatures began a relentless drop millions of years ago...
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