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birch, larch, spruce and pine mummified forest found on Ellesmere Island in Cdn north.
This site is the farthest north such remains have ever been found.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/scientists-seek-climate-change-clues-newly-discovered-ancient-20101216-081940-085.html
Proof the Arctic was much warmer 2 to 8 mya.
Even warmer than today...
Where's Mr. Gore? :booty:
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 16/12/2010 5:11 pm
Mr. Gore is getting a massage. Apparently divvying up the mansions he and Tipper bought is stressful.
(If you missed the reference, google "Gore massage portland" when you are in a prurient mood.)
What is the farthest north palm fossils have been found?
Posted : 17/12/2010 12:22 am
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😆 😆 good one, Erik.
Re farthest north...without scouring the internet 😉 here's evidence of Nypa pollen from Texas.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=GUWx4g0Sii0C&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=palm+fossil+most+northern&source=bl&ots=cbBndM6hrw&sig=o-etun-TaHdetZZmzZ4rl-GJ-VQ&hl=en&ei=FIMLTbbiE4u6sQPopeXECg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=palm%20fossil%20most%20northern&f=false
Barb
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Posted : 17/12/2010 3:44 am
What's going on? A spam attack?
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Posted : 24/12/2010 4:36 am
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Looks to be...
That's all right.
Jay will fix his wagon 😈
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Posted : 24/12/2010 6:51 am
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John from Colorado said Washingtonia used to grow up that way.
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Posted : 24/12/2010 9:51 am
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Really? Wow.
But I mean post-dinosaurage...
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Posted : 24/12/2010 9:58 am