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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060601/ap_on_sc/hot_arctic;_ylt=Ap5sztcWGDT3_X9KlVBicqGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-"
I don't know much about geology, but shouldn't this AP science writer have at least asked about the possibility that the location where these preserved tropical specimens were found may have been at a different position on the globe. Am I wrong to assume that 55 million years is a decent time scale for significant continental drift to occur?
I just find it hard to believe that even in a very very warm Earth that alligators and palm trees would survive in a region that is completely dark for several months each year. The latter for photosynthetic reasons, and the former for reasons that involve reduced food supply and probably freezing temperatures.
Let me know if I am way off.
Thanks in advance for any replies
I don't know much about geology, but shouldn't this AP science writer have at least asked about the possibility that the location where these preserved tropical specimens were found may have been at a different position on the globe. Am I wrong to assume that 55 million years is a decent time scale for significant continental drift to occur?
I just find it hard to believe that even in a very very warm Earth that alligators and palm trees would survive in a region that is completely dark for several months each year. The latter for photosynthetic reasons, and the former for reasons that involve reduced food supply and probably freezing temperatures.
Let me know if I am way off.
Thanks in advance for any replies
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