From Forests to Coal: A Slow Transformation
Updated on 01.05.2024
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Elementary
Middle School
Life and earth sciences
At the end of the Paleozoic era, when the Earth’s climate was hot and humid, large forests were successively buried, resulting in the formation of over millennia. At different stages of development, it takes the form of peat, (brown coal), bituminous coal and finally . Today, coal is extracted from underground mines or, when it is close to the surface, open-pit mines. is still the main source of energy used for generation worldwide.