Tag: Antarctica In Decline

Backstories: "Antarctica In Decline" (2018)

Plant: Cephalotus follicularis (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Description: Very little is known about prehistoric Antarctica: with 98 percent of the continent covered with kilometers-thick ice, the few fossil beds accessible at the surface illuminate life there approximately 150 million years ago (including the discovery of the early theropod dinosaur Cryolophosaurus), approximately 65 million years ago, and the period surrounding the continent’s freeze 5 million…