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Antarctica on fire? Continent burned regularly 90 million years ago
- Wildfires burned through swampy rainforests near the South Pole about 90 million years ago.
- Antarctica’s climate was warm enough for large fires to spread regularly during the Cretaceous period.
- An international team found evidence of recurring wildfires in a sediment core from Cretaceous-period Antarctica.
- The researchers found charcoal from repeated fires and believe thunderstorms, rather than volcanic activity, probably sparked them.
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Antarctica on fire? Continent burned regularly 90 million years ago
Earth's climate was so warm then that huge infernos regularly swept what is now snow and ice-covered Antarctica.
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