Megaherbs Flourished In Antarctica

ABC Science News ^ | 3-19-2008 | Stephen Pincock

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Army Air Corps]

Did someone say Mega Herb? Roll me a fatty.

[PAR35]

Global cooling ping.

[eldoradude]

The plant itself looks quite interesting. I used to move lots of material when I used to work at a nursery and these would sell...hmmm wonder what it would take. :)

Intriguing.

[Dad yer funny]

L O L ! ! ! , ... & leave-it-to You , Army , to get me laughing on a “legit” science thread

btw ,.. .. I can just hear “Dave The Knave” Paterson ...

“don’t gimmee nun’uh dat SHAKE , .. BUDS!!! , *crack’uh”

[Army Air Corps]

leave-it-to You , Army , to get me laughing on a “legit” science thread

Its in my contract.

[Army Air Corps]

All jokes aside, it is an interesting article.

[freedomfiter2]

Oh, I get it. The Earth’s temperature needs to raise significantly to return to normal.

[count-your-change]

What with the ice shelves breaking off Antarctica should be
back to its balmy self in no time with lush fields of megaherbs.
The penguins can retire those silly black and white jump suits in favor of flip-flops and Speedos before long and don the winter gear only when the tourist trade shows up.
By the way, I have the purple flower concession locked up.

[steelyourfaith]

Climate change.

 

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks blam.

"This is very definitely a case of hopping across long distances of ocean." Exactly how the plants travelled north from Antarctica isn't clear, the authors say. It may be that wind carried their seeds, or that ocean birds transported them from island to island. "Perhaps the seeds get caught up in the feathers of these birds when they're nesting and then get carried off and dumped somewhere else," Quinn says.

Maybe the 2+ million year old beech tree fossils found in Antarctica -- but carried by the winds from elsewhere -- dislodged the seeds upon impact, and they hurtled across the sea.

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[dsc]

David Schwimmer’s evil twin?

[null and void]

The Earth’s temperature needs to raise significantly to return to normal.

Bingo!

[null and void]

Maybe the 2+ million year old beech tree fossils found in Antarctica -- but carried by the winds from elsewhere -- dislodged the seeds upon impact, and they hurtled across the sea.

It wuz the Flood, it wuz...

[SunkenCiv]

I wonder if Glade uses the scent yet?

[null and void]

I wouldn’t doubt that they are working on it.

[ForGod'sSake]

Giant flowers found on Australia and New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands are probably survivors of lush forests that covered Antarctica before the beginning of the last ice age nearly 2 million years ago, scientists say.

Maybe I missed something along the way, but 2 million years ago???

[Fred Nerks]

Frozen dinosaur backs Antarctic land-bridge theory.SOURCE.

The fossilised remains of a duck-billed dinosaur and an ancient bird have been found in Antarctica, boosting theories that the continent was once linked to modern day America.