Lake Junin coring platform (IMAGE)

University of Florida

Lake Junin coring platform

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Researchers and drilling operators worked around the clock for seven weeks, drilling 100 meters into Lake Junin, high in the Peruvian Andes. Working in two 12-hours shifts, scientists collected the to help them create a record of glacial changes that stretches back nearly 1 million years.

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Charlie Casey

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