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Antarctic temperature change and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (CO2) over the past 800 000 years

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Created : Nov 12, 2009 Published : Oct 23, 2008 Last modified : Nov 29, 2012 11:38 AM

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The record is derived from several ice cores from the Antarctic ice sheet, some more than 3 km long

This is the latest published version. .

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/antarctic-temperature-change-and-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-concentration-co2-over-the-past-800-000-years/figure-2-3-climate-change-2008-antarctic-temperature-change.eps/image_original

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SOER2010 | CO2 | temperature | climate change | climate | thematic assessment | understanding climate change

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The last 10 000 years, i.e. the present interglacial (left end of the graph) is very stable.
Geographical coverage note: Antarctic

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