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Evidence suggest 90 mln-year rainforest in Antarctica
Scientific evidence suggests there was a rainforest in Antarctica 90 million years ago
British and German scientists examined samples from the ocean bottom using a machine drill on a research ship near Pine Island in the Amundsen Sea, according to Science Daily.
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Details were published in Nature magazine earlier this week which said samples containing alluvions and thin kaolin were at least 90 million years old.
Scientists examined samples with computer tomography devices and found preserved samples of soil, pollen, seeds and even tree roots.
“That this 90 million-year-old rainforest is…