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News Release 12-107
Today's Climate More Sensitive to Carbon Dioxide Than in Past 12 Million Years
Geologic record shows evolution in Earth's climate system
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The phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi offers new clues about climate past, present and future.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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Core samples were collected at the sites noted in the North Pacific Ocean.
Credit: Jonathan LaRiviere/Ocean Data View
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Micrograph of Emiliana huxleyi, a coccolithophore that is a primary producer of the compounds used to estimate sea surface temperatures during the late Miocene epoch.
Credit: Alison Taylor, University of North Carolina Wilmington Microscopy Facility/Wikimedia Commons
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The drillship JOIDES Resolution during one of its port calls, here in Honolulu Harbor.
Credit: IODP
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