Mined peat and dead tree roots are piled on a cleared and drained peat moss bog in Floodwood, Minn., on Sept. 5. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...
A researcher has found evidence that the treeless, rugged, grassland landscape of the Falkland Islands was home to a lush, diverse rainforest up to 30 million years ago.