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Missing Radioactivity in Ice Cores Bodes Ill for Part of Asia

Caption: Naimona'nyi's frozen ice cap lacks critical radioactive signal, based on the latest study by Ohio State University researchers. This could foretell drastic water shortages for people living in the Indian sub-continent.

Credit: Photo courtesy ©Thomas Nash 2007

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