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Prehistoric Air Has Been Reconstructed From Dinosaur Teeth in an Amazing First : ScienceAlert

Prehistoric Air Has Been Reconstructed From Dinosaur Teeth in an Amazing First : ScienceAlert

A collection of dinosaur teeth hailing back to the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods has given scientists a new window into the world’s prehistoric climate. By studying an isotope of oxygen in the fossils to infer atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, a team led by geochemist Dingsu Feng of the Georg August University of Göttingen in Germany has reconstructed the very air …

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