Today, Antarctica is cold and covered by an ice sheet year-round. Geologists have found fossils of tropical ferns in the rocks under Antarctica's ice. What do the tropical fern fossils in Antarctica suggest about Earth's past?

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The region had a warm, moist climate in the past.

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Today, Antarctica is cold and covered by an ice sheet year-round. Geologists have found fossils of tropical ferns in the rocks under Antarctica's ice. What do the tropical fern fossils in Antarctica suggest about Earth's past?

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