Remains of 90-million-year-old rainforest found near South Pole

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 12:00 in Earth & Climate

Some 90 million years ago, a temperate rainforest grew near the South Pole. Scientists recovered fossil traces of the ancient rainforest from seafloor sediment cores collected near West Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier.

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