Ancient penguin fossils offer new window into Antarctica's changing climate

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Aug 12, 2026, 2:20 pm124 ptsTrending
A team of paleontologists from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) studying penguin fossils from Seymour Island off the Antarctic Peninsula have demonstrated how ancient bird bones can act as chemical archives of past climate change. The researchers used nondestructive X-ray mapping to examine the…

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