Climate Shifts (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen

Climate Shifts

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The temperature curve through the Greenland inland ice sheet shows 26 dramatic and abrupt climate shifts during the last ice age that lasted more than 100.000 years. This curve shows the climate shifts during 40,000 years. The climate shifts appear to be periodic, but mathematical computer simulations shows that they are probably chaotic and random.

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Peter Ditlevsen

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