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40 million years ago during the Eocene Epoch, west-central Yukon had a Mediterranean climate. Our Dr. Christopher West led research for a new study examining fossils from northwest of Dawson City, Yukon. Using plant fossils collected from the Fifteenmile River locality, researchers reconstructed the ancient Eocene environment. The result? Although this area was above the Arctic Circle during the Eocene, it had a Mediterranean climate and contained broadleaf forests that endured polar light seaso

New Eocene fossil data suggest climate models may underestimate future polar warming

Six hundred and fifty million years ago, a giant amalgamated southern supercontinent — When was Gondwana forced to separate into countries? | Shaalaa.com

Fifty million years ago, southwest Wyoming was crawling with alligators and turtles, and covered in a giant lake. Today, there’s still remnants of that past – underground. That prehistoric lake formed some of the world’s largest deposits of trona. It’s a white-ish, flaky translucent mineral. And globally, many rely on Wyoming for it, because it goes into so many everyday things – windows, beer bottles, laundry detergent, deodorant. Wyoming Public Radio’s Caitlin Tan takes us on an audio and visu