Andy Baker, University of New South Wales (IMAGE)

University of New South Wales

Andy Baker, University of New South Wales

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Professor Andy Baker with part of a stalagmite from Roaring Cave in Scotland. A study of the limestone has produced a unique 3000-year-long record of climatic variations that may have influenced historical events including the fall of the Roman Empire and the Viking Age of expansion.

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Courtesy of Mediakoo/UNSW

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