ApocaDocs: Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change

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	Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1254511490 Climate change wreaked havoc on the Earth's first rainforests but they quickly bounced back, scientists reveal. The findings of the research team, led by Dr Howard Falcon-Lang from Royal Holloway, University of London, are based on spectacular discoveries of 300-million-year-old rainforests in coal mines in Illinois, USA. Preserved over vast areas, these fossilized rainforests in Illinois are the largest of their kind in the world. The rocks at this site - in which the rainforests occur - contain evidence for climate fluctuations. During cold "ice ages", fossils show that the tropics dried out and rainforests were pushed to the brink of extinction. However, rainforests managed to recover and return to their former glory.

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