Curves for the Temperature and the Greenhouse Gases (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen

Curves for the Temperature and the Greenhouse Gases

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The ice core boring at Dome C in Antarctica shows that the curves for the temperature and the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane follow each other over the past 800,000 years -- with few deviations. (See arrows)

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Professor Thomas Blunier, Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

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