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Narwhals transmit climate data from Arctic seas

Marine mammals armed with thermometers return temperature readings from icy Baffin Bay.

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Laursen, L. Narwhals transmit climate data from Arctic seas. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.569

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