Scientists have been delving deep in to the secrets of nature recently and have pulled up proof that palm trees once grew in Antarctica! Analyses of pollen and spores and remains of tiny creatures have given a picture or the early Eocene period! (around 53 million years ago). The study suggests that Antarctic temperature exceeded 10C while summers may have reached up to 22C! That's like a sunny hot day in Dinnington, but in Antarctica! Its weird to think that you could of gone to Antarctica in shorts and flip-flops 53 million years ago! People now know Antarctica to be covered in snow and ice, and a very cold place to be in... But also that global warming is melting the polar ice caps, could global warming have anything to do with the Eocene period and its subtropical conditions?
There were capital letters in the wrong place in this. (Edited*Emily Booker)
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