"England's Ancient Secret: Unveiling the World's Oldest Fossil Forest"
Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered a 390-million-year-old fossil forest in southwestern England, predating the previously oldest-known forest in upstate New York by four million years. The forest, mostly consisting of cladoxylopsids, provides evidence of the earliest known landscape of standing trees, fundamentally changing Earth's land biosphere. The discovery sheds light on how trees altered the planet and paved the way for the rise of complex life, while also offering insights into the ancient climate of England during the Middle Devonian Epoch.
