"Triassic rocks of about 250 million years old, in England and the Netherlands, tell us that we were in a desert environment, and that there were shallow, tropical seas: a climate very much like Arabia and the Persian Gulf today."
"If you click on a location in England, you'll find that we were at 20-30°N - the same as Arabia today - around 250 million years ago, explaining the desert sediments."
"The Paleolatitude tool isn't the first time geologists have tried to model Earth's complex evolution, but it is the most detailed."
Researchers from the University of Utrecht developed Paleolatitude, a tool that illustrates the movement of Earth's continents over the last 320 million years. Users can select a location and view its historical latitude, tracing its journey from the supercontinent Pangea. For instance, London was once located at 6°S, while Sri Lanka was near Antarctica. The tool provides insights into past climates, revealing that England and the Netherlands were once in desert-like conditions similar to modern Arabia.
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