600-year-old marine sponge holds centuries old climate records (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

600-year-old marine sponge holds centuries old climate records

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Left: (a) Collection location of the sclerosponge specimen LSI?4 (Lee Stocking Island, The Bahamas). (b) Slab of the sclerosponge analyzed with the shaded region indicating the location of the sampled transect. Right: sclerosponge (Ceratoporella nicholsoni)

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Peter Swart, Ph.D., UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

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