Artist impression of the end-Triassic fern spike interval. Weeding and pioneering ferns are overgrowing the disturbed soils and remains of conifer forests. (Mark Garlick via SWNS)
Fires raged across Europe for thousands of years during a period of "extreme global warming" 201 million years ago, according to new research.
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