{
  "id": 7780112,
  "title": "Wildfires near the South Pole burned 90 million years ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/wildfires-near-the-south-pole-burned-90-million-years-ago",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:37:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "EarthSky",
    "slug": "earthsky",
    "url": "https://earthsky.org/earth/wildfires-near-the-south-pole-90-million-years-ago/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}