Evidence Of Climate Change
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- Evidence Of Climate Change.
- Earth is getting warmer.
- Glacial period ended 15,000 years ago but Earth is heating up.
- Before Quaternary- Earth's climate was warmer and stable.
- Global warming over the last century.
- Methods
- Ice Cores
- Drill into ice to get a core of ice.
- Gas particles in ice are analysed.
- Very detailed and reliable.
- Sea Ice Postitions.
- Maximum and minimum extent of sea ice has changed.
- Reliable, but records don't go very far back.
- Diaries and Paintings
- Visually show what the climate was like.
- 500 years ago - Europe was much colder.
- Not reliable- one viewpoint.
- Global Temperature Data.
- Since 1850s.
- Reliable short term recording.
- Weather stations not evenly distributed.
- Ice Cores
- Earth is getting warmer.
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