Geologists uncover Antarctica’s fossil forests

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Geologists uncover Antarctica’s fossil forests

Tue Nov 14, 2017 12:28 am

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Prehistoric polar forests were built for survival, but were not hardy enough to live in ultra-high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. A geologist is studying the tree fossil record in Antarctica from a mass extinction 250 million years ago, looking for clues to how greenhouse gases affected plants -- then and now.

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