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

Current period (preindustrial) is at left. Source

From bottom to top:

  • Solar variation at 65°N due to en:Milankovitch cycles (connected to 18O).
  • 18O isotope of oxygen.
  • Levels of methane (CH4).
  • Relative temperature.
  • Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2).

From top to bottom:

  • Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2).
  • Relative temperature.
  • Levels of methane (CH4).
  • 18O isotope of oxygen.
  • Solar variation at 65°N due to en:Milankovitch cycles (connected to 18O).


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J. R. Petit, et al., “Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica”, Nature 399:429-436 (1999).

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