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IT was a noteworthy event in the annals of the University of Cambridge when a Master of a College undertook a successful expedition to Arctic regions shortly before becoming Vice-chancellor, and the publication of the scientific results of the expedition must also be described as an important event. For the significance of this work goes beyond the confines of palaeobotany and geology into the regions of cosmic history. A knowledge of the plants which grew in Greenland in the far past provides, within certain limits, good evidence as to the former climate of the region, and so provides data for the study of secular climatic changes. This paper concerns the evolution of plants and the evolution of climate.
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"The Cretaceous Plant-Bearing Rocks of Western Greenland", by A. C. Seward, Phil. Trans. Royal Society, Ser. B, vol. 215, pp. 57–175. London, 1926.
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T., H. The Cretaceous Plants of Greenland1. Nature 118, 808–809 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118808a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118808a0