CORAL 1 (IMAGE)

Rice University

CORAL 1

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Georgia Tech climate scientist Kim Cobb samples an ancient coral for radiometric dating. She is part of a team of Rice University and Georgia Tech scientists using data from coral fossils to build a record of temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean over the last millennium.

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Cobb Lab

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