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Historical climate variability data plot.

Historical climate variability data plot.
Historical climate variability data plot.
Historical climate variability data plot.
Historical climate variability data plot.
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Cook, John E.
Historical climate variability data plot.
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11/01/2003
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Originally drawn for Bill curry for a 2003 report.
Caption from "What's After the Day After tomorrow"
Earth's climate is anything but stable, with dramatic swings in cooling and warming over the past 1 million years (top) and past 140,000 years (bottom). This plot of climate change over time is based on chemical information collected from shells of organisms preserved in deep-sea sediments. We are currently in a warm (red) period, called an interglacial. Sea level rises as the climate warms and falls as the climate cools, as more water is locked up in ice on land. During the last interglacial 120,000 years ago, sea level was 18 to 20 feet higher than it is today.
Illustration by Jack Cook
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/climate-ocean/abrupt-climate-change/whats-after-the-day-after-tomorrow/
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