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Signatures of Fossil Fuel Use in Arctic Glaciers
February 27, 2012 | Woods Hole Research Center

New clues as to how the Earth’s remote ecosystems have been influenced by the industrial revolution are locked, frozen in the ice of glaciers. “We are finding this human derived signature in a corner of the U.S. that is traditionally viewed as being exceptionally pristine.”


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