I have a concept of a ice forest "oasis" existing in Antarctica thanks to fat conifer trees that sort of looks like a baobab. They achieve this thanks to being thermogenic, something we know certain plants can do now, all bet smaller ones. Being large and rounded (like whales, etc) and have a coat of lichen(psuedo-fur) helps keep the from freezing and allows them to be productive for longer than a normal tree. The heat could also keep its lichen coat alive and in return insulate it better. I would think that the 24hrs of sun during summers should provide lots of time to build up energy reserves, it just happens that in our timeline they never evolved the rare feature to thermoregulate.

Do you think that this type of tree would allow an ecosystem to spring up around it? In other worlds, if there was a forest of these trees would it allow for the survival of land animals in current antarctica? Would a forest would stop some of the wind chill and in return make it easier to stay above freezing?

I have a concept of a ice forest "oasis" existing in Antarctica thanks to fat conifer trees that sort of looks like a baobab. They achieve this thanks to being thermogenic, something we know certain plants can do now, albeit smaller ones. Being large and rounded (like whales, etc.) and have a coat of lichen(pseudo-fur) helps keep the from freezing and allows them to be productive for longer than a normal tree. The heat could also keep its lichen coat alive and in return insulate it better. I would think that the 24hrs of sun during summers should provide lots of time to build up energy reserves, it just happens that ,in our timeline, they never evolved the rare feature to thermoregulate.

Do you think that this type of tree would allow an ecosystem to spring up around it? In other worlds, if there was a forest of these trees, would it allow for the survival of land animals in current antarctica? Would a forest would stop some of the wind chill and in return make it easier to stay above freezing?

I have a concept of a ice forest "oasis" existing in Antarctica thanks to fat conifer trees that sort of looks like a baobab. They achieve this thanks to being thermogenic, something we know certain plants can do now, all bet smaller ones. Being large and rounded (like whales, etc) and have a coat of lichen(psuedo-fur) helps keep the from freezing and allows them to be productive for longer than a normal tree. The heat could also keep its lichen coat alive and in return insulate it better. I would think that the 24hrs of sun during summers should provide lots of time to build up energy reserves, it just happens that in our timeline they never evolved the rare feature to thermoregulate.

Do you think that this type of tree would allow an ecosystem to spring up around it? In other worlds, if there was a forest of these trees would it allow for the survival of land animals in current antarctica? Would a forest would stop some of the wind chill and in return make it easier to stay above freezing?

I have a concept of a ice forest "oasis" existing in Antarctica thanks to fat conifer trees that sort of looks like a baobab. They achieve this thanks to being thermogenic, something we know certain plants can do now, all bet smaller ones. Being large and rounded (like whales, etc) and have a coat of lichen(psuedo-fur) helps keep the from freezing and allows them to be productive for longer than a normal tree. The heat could also keep its lichen coat alive and in return insulate it better. I would think that the 24hrs of sun during summers should provide lots of time to build up energy reserves, it just happens that in our timeline they never evolved the rare feature to thermoregulate.

Do you think that this type of tree would allow an ecosystem to spring up around it? In other worlds, if there was a forest of these trees would it allow for the survival of land animals in current antarctica? Would a forest would stop some of the wind chill and in return make it easier to stay above freezing?