Object
| CONTEXTS: | |
| [001] | Ice Core - this core is a record of precipitation from ~100kya. |
| [002] | H2O - precipitation with a lower ration of oxygen-18 isotopes that falls at the poles is evidence of a warmer year. |
| [003] | Mass Spectrometer - running frozen precipitation through mass spectrometer separates and counts ratio of O16 to O18. |
| [004] | Funding - substantial government funding is required to fly drill team to poles, drill core, keep it refrigerated, and return to spectrometry lab. |
| [005] | Climate Flux - the planet is about 5°C cooler (+/- 1°C) than it was 100,000 years ago. |