[HIGHLIGHTS] 20-million-year-old tree pollen discovered in the Fichtelgebirge – “stroke of luck for research”

20-million-year-old tree pollen discovered in the Fichtelgebirge – “stroke of luck for research”. As of: April 8, 2024, 5:51 p.m By: Katarina Amtmann CommentsPressSplit The State Office for the Environment is conducting a borehole to investigate previous volcanic activity in the region.

The area was still volcanically active until the Stone Age. At that time there was no spruce forest in the mountains in eastern Upper Franconia.