Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) in search of biological riches made incredibly good use of Google Earth imagery when they used it to find a pristine rainforest on top of little-known Mount Mabu in northern Mozambique in 2005. They put a big 'X' on their map and journeyed out to Africa in 2008, where they were happily rewarded with the discovery of three new species of butterflies, a previously undiscovered species of snakes, seven threatened bird species and a rare orchid.
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Re: Drillers find 52 million year old rainforest off Antarctica
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Originally Posted by jaydacris
antarctica is awesome
let us, ish, purchase it.
i wonder what the asking price is
It's not owned is it? Who would you purchase it from? I think as long as you stick your own personal flag in the ground, it's yours (as long as you can defend it).
Re: Drillers find 52 million year old rainforest off Antarctica
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Originally Posted by Anti Hero
It's not owned is it? Who would you purchase it from? I think as long as you stick your own personal flag in the ground, it's yours (as long as you can defend it).
It's not claimable, the land is free only for scientific research and exploration. You can't personally purchase land on there.
Drillers find 52 million year old rainforest off Antarctica
Re: Drillers find 52 million year old rainforest off Antarctica
