Fossil Porites Coral (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Fossil Porites Coral

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Fossil Porites coral (above) from the southern Mentawai Islands (Indonesia) in the eastern Indian Ocean were used to reconstruct Indian Ocean Dipole variability over previous centuries.

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(Photo by Nerilie Abram, Australian National University)

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