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DATA ON CLIMATE AND GREENHOUSE GASES.

CLIMAT ET GAZ A EFFET DE SERRE : LES DONNEES DES ARCHIVES GLACIAIRES.

Author(s) : LORIUS C.

Type of article: Article

Summary

ICE OF POLAR ICE-CAPS HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY MAN'S IMPACT ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND, PARTICULARLY, ON THE CONCENTRATIONS IN GREENHOUSE GASES, SUCH AS CARBON DIOXIDE AND METHANE. BY DRILLING AT A DEPTH OF MORE THAN 2 KILOMETERS, GLACIOLOGISTS WERE ABLE TO GATHER HISTORICAL DATA: DURING THE LAST 150,000 YEARS, THE < WARM > AND < COLD > OF THE INTERGLACIAL AND GLACIAL PERIODS HAVE BEEN GOVERNED BY BOTH THE PERIODIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH AROUND THE SUN AND BY THE VARYING CONCENTRATIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN AIR. DATA ARE GIVEN ON THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF HUMAN EMISSIONS ON THE CLIMATE IN THE FOLLOWING CENTURY.

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  • Original title: CLIMAT ET GAZ A EFFET DE SERRE : LES DONNEES DES ARCHIVES GLACIAIRES.
  • Record ID : 1992-2057
  • Languages: French
  • Source: C. R. Acad. Sci., Vie Sci. - vol. 8 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 1991
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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