Reply to: Limitations of ice cores in reconstructing temperature seasonality

Tyler R Jones¹, Kurt M Cuffey², Eric J Steig³, Bradley R Markle^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. tyler.jones@colorado.edu.
² Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
³ Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴ Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
⁵ Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

Tyler R Jones et al. Nature. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;637(8044):E7-E8.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08182-6.

Tyler R Jones¹, Kurt M Cuffey², Eric J Steig³, Bradley R Markle^{4

5}

¹ Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. tyler.jones@colorado.edu.
² Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
³ Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴ Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
⁵ Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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