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Poop, stomach oil and ostrich eggshells keep records of Earth's ancient climate
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Peering into Earth's climate past is getting ever more bizarreErin McClymont's laboratory has six kitchen freezers, each alarmed. This is for self-preservation: when the power goes out or an appliance breaks down, she needs to act quickly to prevent the nauseating smell of old fish from seeping out. The source of that stench: solidified blocks of 50,000-year-old regurgitated stomach oil from Antarctic Snow Petrels, hunks of which line each freezer's shelves."One of my colleagues who did some of
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