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June 2, 2012
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Skeleton of Emiliana huxleyi, used to estimate Miocene sea surface temperatures.
Micrograph of Emiliana huxleyi, a coccolithophore that is a primary producer of the compounds used to estimate sea surface temperatures during the late Miocene epoch.
Credit: Alison Taylor, University of North Carolina Wilmington Microscopy Facility/Wikimedia Commons
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