Ice sheet retreat and forest expansion turned ancient subtropical drylands into oases

ScienceDaily
Mar 14, 2022, 2:56 pm310 pts
Researchers focused on the climate of the Pliocene, over 3 million years ago, the last time Earth has seen concentrations of over 400 PPM CO2 in the atmosphere, similar to today's concentrations. The Pliocene prompts a long-standing question: despite the similarity to the present-day, why were dry areas like…

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