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Sharks that hunted near Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history in their teeth

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par Sora Kim, Assistant Professor of Paleoecology, University of California, Merced

Tens of million years ago, sand tiger sharks hunted in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, gliding over a thriving marine ecosystem on the seafloor below.

All that remains of them today is their sharp pointed teeth, but those teeth tell a story.

They’re helping solve the mystery of why the Earth, some 50 million years ago, began shifting from a “greenhouse” climate that was warmer than…

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