Scientists Drill into Ancient Corals to Find Clues About Climate Change and Soils (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Scientists Drill into Ancient Corals to Find Clues About Climate Change and Soils

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In 2005, Professor Rob Dunbar and his colleagues collected core samples from a large coral colony near Easter Island. That colony is about the same size as the coral reef that was the focus of Dunbar's Kenya study.

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Rob Dunbar, Stanford University

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