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Filmmaker Bertie Gregory's new documentary special captures the extreme challenges facing the world's fastest land animal.

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As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea ...

The Author contributions statement in the original published article was erroneously given as: “MG designed the study with support from CB and DK. DK analyzed the data with advice from GW, CR, and MG.