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The secrets I find on the mysterious ocean floor

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Hundreds of meters below the surface of the ocean, Laura Robinson probes the steep slopes of massive undersea mountains. She's on the hunt for thousand-year-old corals that she can test in a nuclear reactor to discover how the ocean changes over time. By studying the history of the earth, Robinson hopes to find clues of what might happen in the future.

Hundreds of meters below the surface of the ocean, Laura Robinson probes the steep slopes of massive undersea mountains. She's on the hunt for thousand-year-old corals that she can test in a nuclear reactor to discover how the ocean changes over time. By studying the history of the earth, Robinson hopes to find clues of what might happen in the future.

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Laura Robinson

Ocean scientist

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Dr. Laura Robinson's scientific mission is to document and understand the processes that govern climate.

Chen T. Robinson L F, Burke, A, Southon J, Spooner P, Morris PF, Ng HC | Science 349 (6255), 1537-1541; 2015 | Article

Synchronous Sub-millennial Scale Abrupt Events in the Ocean and Atmosphere during the Last Deglaciation Science

Henry L-A, Frank N, Hebbeln D, Wienberg C, Robinson, L.F, van de Flierdt T, Dahl M, Douarin M, Morrison C, López-Correa M, Rogers AD, Roberts JM | Deep Sea Research Part I 88, 8-16; 2014 | Article

Global ocean conveyor lowers extinction risk in the deep sea

Robinson, L.F, Adkins JF, Frank N, Gagnon AC, Prouty N, Roark B van de Flierdt T. | Deep Sea Research 99, 184-198; 2014 | Article

The geochemistry of deep sea coral skeletons: applications for palaeoceanography

Margolin, A., Robinson, L.F., A, B., Waller, R.G., Roberts, M.L., Auro, M.E., Van de Flierdt, T. | Deep-Sea Research 99, 237-248; 2014 | Article

Spatial and temporal distribution of scleractinian coral ecosystems from the Drake Passage over the last 35,000 years

Burke, A., Robinson, L.F. | Science 335, 557-561; 2012 | Article

The Southern Ocean’s Role in Carbon Exchange during the Last Deglaciation

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