An incredible discovery was made in Antarctica by a team of scientists led by Joanne P. Clagues. According to the University of Cambridge’s website, researchers found fragments of fossil resin in a lignite layer about 5 cm thick.
The discovery was made on the shelf of Pine Island in the west of the continent. This proves that coniferous trees were widespread in Antarctica 83-92 million years ago. They probably grew up in swampy areas.
Scientists say these environmental conditions are ideal for the preservation and petrification of wood and related plant resins; because this requires oxygen-deprived burial conditions as well as trees that produce resin with a chemical composition suitable for petrification.
The researchers dried the found material and examined it using reflected light microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. It turns out that Antarctic amber has high transparency and quality. This means that it is found at shallow depths and forms at moderate temperatures.
Amber will help experts more accurately understand what Antarctica’s ancient forests were like, what ecosystem they were part of, and how they adapted to the conditions of that time.
An interesting find was previously discovered in the center of Moscow. Archaeologists have come across stove tiles that show cats wearing crowns.
Source: People Talk
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