Fascinating article about what's being learned from a 10 million year old tree fossil.
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hollydolly
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WoW!!... Incredible how they can rewrite history/geography now with modern technology
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Back when this tree died, a little more than half way through the Neogene period, the South American climate was much more humid than had previously been thought, based on what this tree fossil reveals.
A lot has changed over those 10 million years to turn the area from a humid and diverse ecosystem into the more arid and sparse state that it's in today – not least a shift in elevation from around 2,000 metres (6,562 feet) to 4,000 metres (13,124 feet).
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Back when this tree died, a little more than half way through the Neogene period, the South American climate was much more humid than had previously been thought, based on what this tree fossil reveals.
A lot has changed over those 10 million years to turn the area from a humid and diverse ecosystem into the more arid and sparse state that it's in today – not least a shift in elevation from around 2,000 metres (6,562 feet) to 4,000 metres (13,124 feet).
RadishRose
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This is interesting. 10 million years ago!
It amazed me that the altitude got higher.... that would never cross my mind.
Thanks asp.
asp3
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This is interesting. 10 million years ago!
It amazed me that the altitude got higher.... that would never cross my mind.
Thanks asp.
Living almost on top of a very active and destructive earthquake fault and at the border of two continental plates one learns about subduction and the lifting of one plate when another moves underneath it.
That's amazing ASP3!!!!! I love biology ,I never bore of it. It truly is a doorway to understanding so many things !