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420,000 years of ice core data from Vostok, Antarctica research station.

Current period is at left.

From bottom to top:

  • Solar variation at 65°N due to Milankovitch cycles (connected to 18O).
  • 18O isotope of oxygen gas.
  • Levels of methane (CH4).
  • Relative temperature (converted from 2H isotope in ice).
  • Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2).


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