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Saturday, 21. April 2007

Tiny fossils reveal ice history


Tiny they may be, but fossil diatoms discovered deep under the ocean floor are revealing new details about Antarctica's warmer past.

The single-celled algae were pulled up by the Antarctic Geological Drilling (Andrill) Program, which has been operating from the Ross Ice Shelf.

Fossils in my margarita

bbc.co.uk

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