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The oldest forest in the world

In 2018 Charles Van Straeten’s palaeobotany team discovered the fossilised root system of a 385-million-year-old forest in New York State. Noah Kalina was sent to photograph him on site and has posted the subsequent article to his newsletter. Fascinating stuff…

A photograph of a white-haired man in a hat gesturing at the fosilised remains of a tree root system on baren rocky ground. Photo by Noah Kalina.