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Evidence of Ancient Forest Fires Near the South Pole
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Around 90 million years ago, swampy rainforests and young peat bogs were burning near the South Pole. A sediment core from West Antarctica shows that frequent, relatively cool ground fires coincided with the transition to a Sphagnum moor. The fires could have stabilized open vegetation and thus favored the formation of bogs. Bremerhaven (Germany). About 90 million years ago [...] The post In the Cretaceous period, forest fires were common at the…
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