[NormsRevenge]

Oh yeah, quite the place .. 53 million years ago.. warm, real warm.. umbrella drink on a secluded jetset beach warm.

[sargon]

Better knowledge of past "greenhouse" conditions will enhance guesses about the effects of increasing CO2 today.

A rare moment of honesty!

[Sacajaweau]

uhhh...too hot.......me need cave....going to find chick and cool cave....heard Kentucky have big cave

[mc5cents]

Better knowledge of past "greenhouse" conditions will enhance guesses about the effects of increasing CO2 today.

The early Eocene - often referred to as the Eocene greenhouse - has been a subject of increasing interest in recent years as a "warm analogue" of the current Earth.

So, CO2 was the culprit 53 million years ago too. Wow. Who knew? I can't wait until they dig up those old SUVs and coal fired power plants.

[OldNavyVet]

Interesting that this comes from England ... Darwin's home.

Also interesting is the recent book "Darwin's Ghost" that follows Darwin's subjects, chapter by chapter, with total respect to both Darwin and modern knowledge that backs Darwin's theory up; nothing is refuted.

Steve Jones is the author, and the book is terrific reading.

[tired&retired]

We are overdue for another earth axis shift. It will do the same thing again.

[moose07]

Antarctica have pulled up proof that palm trees once grew there.

Wasn't Antarctica further North in that era anyway?

[Hardraade]

Wow. This is stuff I learned as a child.

[Tanniker Smith]

Once upon a time, wasn't Antarctica not at the South Pole but rather at warmer latitudes?

Also, I'm pretty sure that the climate was a bit nicer when the Ancients operated the Stargate down there.

[SaraJohnson]

Does this mean man has been warming the Liberals’ earth for millions of years?

I told a liberal once that I suspected the dinosaur farts warmed the earth in the past. I was joking. He did not laugh. He glowered at me. :(

[UCANSEE2]

Palm trees 'grew on Antarctica'

Heck, that's nothing. Where I live used to be the bottom of a large ocean.

[clearcarbon]

Maybe those palm species were carnivores.

[wildbill]

What a life for the polar bears. They could eat coconuts and hunt for seals off the beach.

And all of it was caused by the acts of Man,especially the use of cars and trucks using fossil fuels.

[Windcatcher]

When South America and Antarctica were connected, the Antarctic Current we have today was impossible, and warm ocean currents were diverted south around the continent. It was ice-free at that time.