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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090506064830im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) Press Release 09-089 Sea-floor Sediments Illuminate 53 Million Years of Climate History
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Drillship JOIDES Resolution completes first expedition as redesigned ship
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Two back-to-back ocean drilling expeditions will study sea-floor sediments and climate change.
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Scientists prepare to begin drilling into the sea-floor crust in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
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![Photo of basaltic rock brought up in sediments in this core taken from the bottom of the Pacific.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090506064830im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/joides_peat3_f.jpg) |
Basaltic rock was brought up in sediments in this core taken from the bottom of the Pacific.
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