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Rainforests Near The South Pole And Summers 38°C Warmer Than Today During The Age Of Dinosaurs

Rainforests Near The South Pole And Summers 38°C Warmer Than Today During The Age Of Dinosaurs

By on 13. May 2021

Fossilized evidence of temperate rainforests only hundreds of kilometers from Antarctica’s South Pole (82°S) has been uncovered. It suggests the warmest mean month was 18.5°C about 90 million years ago. Today the warmest mean month for this location is about -20°C. Image Source: EarthSky (press release for Klages et al., 2020) Despite rapidly rising CO2 […]

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