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Ancient wildfires near the South Pole shaped Earth's earliest peat bog
September 09, 2026
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Sept. 9 -- Northumbria University issued the following news release:

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Ancient wildfires near the South Pole shaped Earth's earliest peat bog

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Wildfires raging through prehistoric rainforests helped create the earliest known peat bog near the South Pole, according to new research co-led by a Northumbria University scientist.

The study, published in Communications Earth & Environment, was . . .

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