FROM

green

The Internet Newspaper: News, Blogs, Video, Community

Click link below picture

.

The study of sediment cores drilled from the ocean floor off Antarctica’s east coast revealed fossil pollens (AFP/File, Antarctic Ocean Alliance) Scientists drilling off the coast of Antarctica made a startling discovery recently that could hold clues to the Earth’s future — especially if climate change keeps warming the planet.

According to a study published in the journal Nature, the frozen continent was home to a “near-tropical” rainforest 52 million years ago, when temperatures measured about 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

.

Rainforest

The study of sediment cores drilled from the

ocean floor off Antarctica’s east coast revealed fossil

.

.Click link below for story and interesting slideshow:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/antarctica-was-once-a-rai_n_1733597.html?icid=maing-grid7|myaol|dl4|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D188147#slide=1212690

.

___________________________________________________