🗞️Before the ice, Antarctica had a rainforest near South Pole: Fossils reveal a 90-million-year-old secret
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Before the ice, Antarctica had a rainforest near South Pole: Fossils reveal a 90-million-year-old secret
2026-08-15
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Scientists have uncovered remarkable evidence of a rainforest that flourished in Antarctica nearly 90 million years ago, despite the region experiencing months without sunlight each year. Fossilised roots, pollen, spores and later-discovered amber preserved i…
Antarctica was once home to a rainforest, with vegetation growing near the South Pole about 90 million years ago despite months of darkness each year, as per aa TOI report. Evidence preserved in a se… [+5135 chars]
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