Unexpectedly the famous Gilboa fossil forest is a stone’s throw away from Cairo, New York.
If reports are to go by, this ancient forest is estimated to span approximately 400 square kilometres. This makes it one of the oldest forests known to humanity with its roots predating Japan’s Yakushima Forest and the Amazon rainforest.
Dr Charles Ver Straeten is a Devonian geologist and curator of sedimentary rocks at the New York State Museum and was part of discovering the world’s oldest forest in Cairo.
In 2009 one day, Ver Straeten and his colleagues Linda Van Aller Hernick and Frank Mannolini noticed an unusual gutter-like imprint while digging out.
Over the years, the trio traced the impressions of 11 large root systems on the World’s ancient forest floor. With the help of a drone, they studied 3 large imprints of the roots to understand their role in the environmental history.
Researchers continue to uncover the mysteries of these ancient trees, which could provide valuable insights into the evolution of prehistoric forest ecosystems and climate changes.
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