A temperature record derived from measurements of an ice core drilled on James Ross Island, Antarctica, prompts a rethink of what has triggered the recent warming trends on the Antarctic Peninsula. See Letter p.141
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*This article and the paper under discussion2 were published online on 22 August 2012.
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Steig, E. Brief but warm Antarctic summer. Nature 489, 39–40 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11483
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