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How ancient ice cores show ‘black swan’ events in history – even pandemics

September 3, 2020

How ancient ice cores show ‘black swan’ events in history – even pandemics

Ice core drilling at night. the landscape is dark except for a lit up shelter

Records of human history, preserved for thousands of years

Originally published in The Conversation.

By Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, and  Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, Geography (Atmospheric Sciences), Senior Research Scientist, The Ohio State University.

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