Abstract
During the latest Cretaceous, before the demise of the last dinosaur, there were ferns, palm trees, and crocodiles in what is now desert in New Mexico, Seymour Island in Antarctica, and the Gobi Desert. Then things changed. Ferns, palm trees, and crocodiles no longer live in New Mexico, Antarctica, or the Gobi Desert because the climate changed. Throughout the 4.6 billion year history of the Earth, internal and external forces have caused changes in the very thin surface layer of the Earth where life exists.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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