It was during that time that a German naturalist by the name of Kaempfer ventured to Japan and managed to collected plants specimens (1689-1691). Amongst the specimens described in his Amoenitates Exoticae (publ. 1712) was the Ginkgo Tree. In old Chinese, this tree is known as yinguo...
“This work shows that the geochemical signature associated with thecoolingevent is not unique but occurred four times between 9,000 and 15,000 years ago,” said Alan Brandon, Ph.D., professor of geosciences at University of Houston. “Thus, the trigger for this cooling event didn’t come ...