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News Release 16-069
Research shows Antarctic lakes are a repository for ancient soot
Signature of dissolved black carbon also indicates more recent contributions from fossil fuel burning
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In this 2012 photo, a U.S. Antarctic Program helicopter flies through the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Credit: Elizabeth Mockbee, NSF
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