Antarctica was once a lush rainforest
Ninety million years ago, Antarctica was a warm, dinosaur-filled rainforest before continental drift and climate change turned it into the frozen continent we know today.
Imagine Antarctica as a warm, lush rainforest! About 90 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, this continent boasted temperatures around 53°F (12°C). Fossil evidence, including tree trunks and dinosaur bones, confirms that ancient forests thrived under the midnight sun before continental drift and climate change transformed it.
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