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Foraminifera from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur. (Ernst Haeckel)

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Scientists apply different methods to the geologic record with the goal of better understanding and quantifying ancient Earth's temperatures.

With more disciplines working together, better use of big data, and more computer simulations and other quantitative approaches, archaeologists may be able to make meaningful predictions of the future. (Photo courtesy of Wendy Cegielski and Jay Etchings)

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