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Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2

Polar Ice Coring Office

Ice Core Working Group

The GISP 2 Ice Coring Effect

The Paleoclimate and Climate Models

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Abstract
Introduction
Ice, the Museum of Climate
Ice as Thermometer
The Greenland Weather Report
Climate, from the Bottom Down
Climate’s Control Mechanism
Three Climate Modes
Tampering with Our Stable Mode?
Climate and Choices
Bibliography

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