Antarctica wasn't always a land of ice. Millions of years ago, when the continent was still part of a huge Southern Hemisphere landmass called Gondwana, trees flourished near the South Pole. Now, ...

What does Glossopteris mean and why do researchers care about Glossopteris fossils? The extensive range of these fossilized leaves shed light on plate tectonics and continental drift theory. Fossils ...

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Antarctic Fossils Reveal the Continent's Lush Past Explore Antarctica's fossil forests and the dominance of the Glossopteris tree species before the end-Permian extinction event. Written by Nathaniel ...

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Our earth has witnessed as many as five global mass extinctions of plants and animals during the geological past and the sixth one is likely to take place in near future, said Sheerup Goswami. Goswami ...