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The Arctic tells its story

The Arctic is one of the sensitive pressure points for Earth's climate. A new sediment core reveals much more about the region's role in a long-term transition from ‘greenhouse’ to ‘icehouse’ conditions.

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Figure 1: Core contributions.

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Figure 2: Evolution of global and Arctic climate over the past 55 million years.

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Stoll, H. The Arctic tells its story. Nature 441, 579–580 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/441579a

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