2020 in Antarctica
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The following events occurred in Antarctica in 2020.
Events
- June 19 – The first fossil egg from Antarctica is discovered. It is the largest soft-shelled egg found to date.[1]
- July 7 – The baffling puzzle of why rising carbon dioxide levels slowed for centuries as Earth warmed from the last ice age is solved by evidence of small amounts of marine life are found in an ancient Antarctic ice sheet.[2]
References
- ^ "Mysterious Antarctic fossil identified as giant egg".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Marine life found in ancient Antarctica ice helps solve a carbon dioxide puzzle from the ice age". phys.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.