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  • Great Barrier Reef coral study provides correction factor to global climate records

    Jun 18, 2019 1:00 pm by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    Co-authors Bruce and Kyle Fouke collecting Porites biopsy samples at 10 meters depth at Myrmidon – the most seaward reef of the Great Barrier Reef, located 124 km off the coast of northeastern Australia. Photo courtesy of Bruce Fouke

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    By combining high-resolution microscopic techniques and geochemical modeling, researchers are using the formational history of Porites coral skeletons to fine-tune the records used to make global climate predictions.

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