THE STUDY “A 45,000-Year-Record of Adélie Penguins and Climate Change in the Ross Sea, Antarctica” by Steven Emslie, Larry Coats, and Kathy Licht in the January 2007 issue of Geology.
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Adélie penguins leave debris that contains clues to shifting ice sheets. | (Courtesy of Steven Emslie)
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