A fun theory, but it's wrong. The likely explanation is tectonic: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-ancient-forests-formed-coal-and-fueled-life

A fun theory, but it's wrong. The likely explanation is tectonic: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-ancient-forests-formed-coal-and-fueled-life-as-we-know-it https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-ancient-fo...