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Arctic forest may be brought back to life by global warming

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    bogwalrus
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    By any chance could that mean some very old seeds that have been buried under the ice could come to life meaning some once extinct trees will be back again?

    Prehistoric-Trees-201576.jpg


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    bogwalrus wrote: »
    By any chance could that mean some very old seeds that have been buried under the ice could come to life meaning some once extinct trees will be back again?
    there have been lots of ice ages , hippos in the Thames wasn't all that long ago so would only be comparability recent seeds,

    3 million years ago Antarctica had forests.


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    Adam Khor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    there have been lots of ice ages , hippos in the Thames wasn't all that long ago so would only be comparability recent seeds,

    3 million years ago Antarctica had forests.

    Speaking of which, anyone knows when was the last time there were crocodiles in Europe?


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