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SUMMARY:Will the Antarctic Go Green Again? Lessons from its Fossil History
  - Prof. Jane Francis\, British Antarctic Survey
DTSTART:20171113T193000Z
DTEND:20171113T210000Z
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CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:*Fossil plants preserved in Antarctic rocks show it was once c
 overed in lush green forests\, despite being situated over the South Pole.
  The fossils provide us with a window into life at high latitudes in our f
 uture warm world.*\n\nAlthough the polar regions are now covered in ice an
 d snow\, fossil plants preserved in rocks in Antarctica show that the cont
 inent was once covered in lush green forests that flourished in warm humid
  climates\, even though the continent was situated over the South Pole. Th
 e fossils contain a rich store of information about past polar environment
 s and provide us with a window into life at high latitudes in our future w
 arm world.\n\nProfessor Jane Francis is the Director of British Antarctic 
 Survey. She is a member of the NERC National Capability Partnership Forum\
 , and is advised and supported at BAS by the Director of Science\, the Dir
 ector of Operations and the Director of Innovation and Impact. In 2017 she
  was appointed Dame Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Mic
 hael and Saint George (DCMG) in recognition of services to UK polar scienc
 e and diplomacy.\nProf. Francis' principal research interests are palaeocl
 imatology and palaeobotany. She specialises in the study of fossil plants\
 , especially woods\, and their use as tools for climate interpretation and
  information about past biodiversity. Her current work focuses on understa
 nding past climate change during both greenhouse and icehouse periods\, pa
 rticularly in the polar regions\, the areas on Earth most sensitive to cli
 mate change.\n\n"Add to calendar":https://www.addevent.com/event/?jL561335
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LOCATION:The Wolfson Hall\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Cambridge\,
  CB3 0DS
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