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News Release 11-105
Significant Role of Oceans in Onset of Ancient Global Cooling
Evidence that early Antarctic Circumpolar Current development affected global climate
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Aerial view of the drillship JOIDES Resolution, workhorse of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.
Credit: William Crawford and IODP
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The "moon pool" opening in the ship's floor allows access to seafloor sediments.
Credit: William Crawford and IODP
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After retrieved sediment cores are split open, they're sampled for further analysis.
Credit: IODP
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Scientist Mimi Katz looks at core samples; she will later identify microscopic plankton fossils.
Credit: MARUM/IODP
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Photomicrographs of tiny foraminifera, used to learn about deep ocean currents of the past.
Credit: Mimi Katz/RPI
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Cores recovered from scientific drilling expeditions are stored in three core repositories.
Credit: IODP-USIO
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The researchers' work is described in the May 27, 2011 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2011
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