110 million years AP

15 million years have passed since the end of the Biancocene. Antarctica is now unrecognizable: glaciers are virtually absent, with only a few small pockets of ice left in the southern mountain ranges. Even more striking is the ongoing tropicalization of high latitudes caused by global warming, which has transformed the once lush northern forests into increasingly arid landscapes. From an icy desert, northern Antarctica is turning into a hot one!