the huge southern super continent that consisted of what we now know as Africa, South America, India, Madagascar and Australia. The Antarctic Peninsula was tucked up between the present West African and eastern South American coasts.
The break-up and dispersal of Gondwana resulted in the formation of new oceans and currents. Ocean currents are an important mechanism for transporting heat and the development of new currents resulted in profound changes in the Earth's climat. |
Once there were forests
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