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    • Collecting New Zealand lake sediment cores
    Rights: Crown copyright, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Published 1 February 2023 Size: 1000 KB Referencing Hub media

    Sediments build up on the lakebed – preserving lots of historical information about the catchment. Scientists use special equipment to collect and sample lake sediment.

    Image courtesy of Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future.

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