Warming Lake (IMAGE)

Brown University

Warming Lake

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Researchers drilled cores into Lake Tanganyika to document the lake’s surface temperature for the last 1,500 years. They found unprecedented warming in the 20th century. Brown geologist James Russell, kneeling at drill head, led this core sampling mission in 2004.

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Kate Whittaker

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