Global climate change means that recently discovered ancient
forests in Canada's extreme north could one day return, according to Alexandre
Guertin-Pasquier of the University of Montreal's Department of Geography, who
is presenting his findings at the Canadian Paleontology Conference in Toronto
today. “According to the data model, climate conditions on Bylot Island will be
able to support the kinds of trees we find in the fossilized forest that
currently exist there, such as willow, pine and spruce.