Sediment cores collected from the bottom of 380 New Zealand lakes are casting a spotlight on the lakes’ histories, revealing for the first time how they have changed over time in response to environmental impacts such as volcanic eruptions, the arrival of humans and land use intensification.
“All up, it is two and a half to three kilometres of mud that we will be collecting for this project,” says Dr Marcus Vandergoes from GNS Science, talking about the thousands of sediment cores that will be collected for Lakes380
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