In this video I explain why global atmospheric temperature increases due to increased concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane. This is based on the Vostok ice core research published in 1999 and more recent research published by the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report published in October 2013.
Resources:
- Read more about the Vostok station here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_Station
- The Vostok article can be downloaded here: Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica, Petit et al., 1999, http://www.daycreek.com/dc/images/1999.pdf
- Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, 2013 report “The physical science basis”: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/
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