Conifers that were living at the South Pole show an extreme adaptation to forest fires. Until now, the origin of this ability has been unknown from the fossil record. But scientists have now found fossil evidence showing that many Tree species from 100 million years ago were not only protected from Fire, but they may have required fire to reproduce during one of Earth's most intense greenhouse periods. This was also a time of extreme...

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