Q. What did the fossils found in Antarctica reveal about its past climate?
Scientists working in an ice-free region of Antarctica have discovered the last traces of tundra — in the form of fossilized plants and insects — on the interior of the southernmost continent before temperatures began a relentless drop millions of years ago. …
Q. What warm climate plant fossil was found in Antarctica?
Found in the Cold Mountains of Antarctica: A Warm Weather Lizard Fossil. The new species is closely related to crocodiles and dinosaurs. A new iguana-size fossil found in the mountains of Antarctica represents an extinct cousin of dinosaurs and crocodiles—and it likely once lived on forest floors in temperate climates.
Q. Why can fossils for tropical plants be found in Antarctica where there is no tropical weather now?
Antarctica must have been covered with vegetation at that time to support large plant eaters such as hadrosaurs; thus, the continent must have had a tropical or temperate climate at that time. Very few fossils have been discovered in Antarctica because 98 percent of the continent is covered year-round by ice.
Q. Why are coal beds found in Antarctica?
Answer and Explanation: Coal beds in Antarctica are proof that at one time the continent of Antarctica was much warmer and contained huge quantities of plant matter.
Q. Does Antarctica have coal?
COAL: There are coal deposits found along the coast of Antarctica. It is also very wide spread throughout the Transantarctic Mountains. These deposits were formed between 35 million and 55 million years ago when Antarctica was covered by ancient swamps.
Q. What do they eat in Antarctica?
Antarctica doesn’t have a cuisine as such, it isn’t populated except by visitors who stay for a few months or not usually more than a year, there are no farms, nothing vegetable that you can eat grows there and the wildlife is protected so you can’t eat that.
Q. Is it legal to live in Antarctica?
Currently, the continent hosts only a temporary transient population of scientists and support staff. Antarctica is the only continent on Earth without indigenous human inhabitants, despite its proximity to Argentina and Chile at the Antarctic Peninsula.
Q. Are there cars in Antarctica?
Vehicles. The scarcity and poor quality of road infrastructure limits land transportation by conventional vehicles. A normal car on tires has very limited capability for Antarctic conditions. Scientific bases are often built on snow free areas (oases) close to the ocean.
Q. Which city is closest to Antarctica?
Ushuaia
Q. Can you buy a house in Antarctica?
You cannot buy land in Antarctica. In particular, you cannot buy land in any way connected to the US, because the US has no territorial claims in Antarctica.
Q. Can you breathe in Antarctica?
The air is so cold that it’s dangerous to breathe it directly. The dense, cold air slid down the slopes and got trapped in small depressions in the ice.
Q. Why is Antarctica so dangerous?
The coldest and driest place on Earth, the South Pole is an extreme location that’s incredibly hard on the human body. Winter temperatures plummet to about -100 degrees Fahrenheit, and that, combined with the world’s driest air, makes it a struggle to even climb a flight of stairs.
Q. Which country has no sun?
Norway
Q. Which country sun rises first?
New Zealand
Q. Which country has daylight 24 hours?
Iceland is not the only country in the world to experience this dazzling natural phenomenon. All countries north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle will also experience the Midnight Sun during their summer months. That includes Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and the US state of Alaska.
