Volcanoes helped lichen, other organisms survive ice ages, study says By Deborah Netburn | Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles Times - Wed Mar 12 00:30:00 UTC 2014 If an ice age is coming and you are a lichen in Antarctica, you better hope you live near a volcano. A new study suggests organisms native to the South Pole survived ice ages by huddling in pockets of warmth created by the heat of underground volcanoes. "These slightly warmer areas would have kept some parts of the continent ice free and let organisms survive on that land," said Peter Convey of the British Antarctic Survey. "Then, when the ice receded, the plants and animals spread out from that refuge to occupy other places." bingnews://application/view?entitytype=article&pageid=0&contentid=274241039&market=en-us&referrer=share
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 08:58:28 +0000
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