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Core data from the Antarctic margin

Sediments at the edge of Antarctica are a largely unexploited source of information about climate change. They have now provided a valuable local record of sea surface temperatures for the past 12,000 years. See Letter p.250

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Bendle, J. Core data from the Antarctic margin. Nature 470, 181–182 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/470181a

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