Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid of life. But this wasn't always the case. Ninety million years ago, it ...
Along with fossils of roots, pollen, and spores, the amber provides some of the best evidence yet that a mid-Cretaceous, ...
Around 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees, allowing them to grow ...
The discovery of fossilised plant 'blood' - once prized as a gemstone - shows what lived on the continent before it was all ...
The discovery of amber in Antarctica has been reported for the first time, as detailed in a recent study published in ...
Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide was high in the Cretaceous, making the world in general a warmer place. Moreover, the lack of an ...
Until recently, a gap existed in the world map of amber discoveries: the Antarctic continent. But that gap has finally been ...
Berlin, November 13 (IANS): Scientists in Germany have discovered amber in Antarctica for the first time, revealing that ...
A team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and TU Bergakademie Freiberg has discovered amber in Antarctica, offering ...
Alfred Wegener Institute and TU Bergakademie FreibergRoughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were ...
Credit: James St. John / CC BY 2.0 Scientists have made a historic discovery, finding amber fragments for the first time in ...