Woodruff and wife Akiko Osuku overlook the lagoon they studied at
Kami-koshiki in Japan. Woodruff has learned that the ideal places to
obtain good cores for ancient hurricane research are relatively placid
lagoons or marshes tucked behind a barrier beach in hurricane-prone
regions, such as the eastern United States, the Caribbean, and parts of
Asia.
(Photo courtesy of Jon Woodruff, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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