400,000-year record of climatic transitions in a Chinese stalagmite
A nearly 400,000-year record of climatic transitions (such as the shifts into and out of Ice Ages) is preserved in a stalagmite in the Sanbao and Linzhu caves of Hubei Province in China.
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Anthropogenic Climate Change »Anthropogenic Climate Change
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Is the Earth's climate changing? »Is the Earth's climate changing?
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Sensitivity of Earth's climate to atmospheric CO2? »Sensitivity of Earth's climate to atmospheric CO2?
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How can climatic sensitivity to atmospheric CO2 be estimated? »How can climatic sensitivity to atmospheric CO2 be estimated?
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400,000-year record of climatic transitions in a Chinese stalagmite
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CO2 levels rise as solar heat increases »CO2 levels rise as solar heat increases
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