Kargil Fossil Unravels Climatic Conditions of Early Himalayas

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A new study by researchers from Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences and the Geological Survey of India has indicated that the climate may have been warm and humid when the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates began to collide leading to the formation of the Himalayas.
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Thar Desert Was Once Ever Tropical Forest, New Fossil Discovery Reveals

Thar Desert Was Once Ever Tropical Forest, New Fossil Discovery Reveals

Western Rajasthan in the present age is well known for the Thar Desert. But this was not the case in the past. Indian researchers have discovered a set of rare wood boring trace fossils in Barmer region which reveal that this area was under tropical forest and even had vast river network 55 million years ago.

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