{
  "id": 7775154,
  "title": "Australia's ancient rainfall patterns more complex than previously believed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/australias-ancient-rainfall-patterns-more-complex-than-previously",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:20:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-australia-ancient-rainfall-patterns-complex.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "\"Sediment and fossil records are a major pillar of our understanding of how the climate works—but climate scientists have gotten something wrong about Australia's ice age,\" says Dr. Alex F. Wall, lead author of a new research paper published in Quaternary Science Reviews.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}