Wildfires near the South Pole burned 90 million years ago
Researchers have found evidence in a sediment core in Antarctica that wildfires near the South Pole were a regular occurrence some 90 million years ago. The post Wildfires near the South Pole burned 90 million years ago first appeared on EarthSky .
Scientists have unearthed evidence of wildfires occurring near the South Pole around 90 million years ago. These ancient fires contributed to the formation of peatlands in the region, which thrived as a rainforest during the Late Cretaceous period. Today, Antarctica is a frozen wasteland, but during that era, the land was a verdant forest inhabited by dinosaurs. The research, conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, was published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment.
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