Ice Cores, Stable Isotopes, Climate Change, and Chemistry: Part 2
Thomas Cox | Tue, 08/25/2020 - 19:35
Two important types of information obtained from ice cores comes from the bubbles in the glacial ice and the stable oxygen and hydrogen isotopes within the frozen water molecules themselves. This post describes how the bubbles (air pocket 'fossils') and stable isotopes are used to determine the concentration of gases in the ancient atmosphere, particularly in relation to past temperatures.