Interpreting Earth’s Climate Record | Decoding the Weather Machine

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WGBH NOVA Decoding the Weather Machine Interpreting Earth’s Climate Record Studying Ancient Air Bubbles Studying Fossil Sea Shells science earth and space science climatology paleoclimatology geology geologic record evidence proxies temperature carbon dioxide CO2 Keeling Curve climate change global warming atmosphere ice core ocean sediment fossil shells foraminifera oxygen-16 oxygen-18
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Science
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Interpreting Earth’s Climate Record | Decoding the Weather Machine

Learn how scientists have pieced together a continuous 800,000-year record of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and ocean temperatures in these videos from NOVA: Decoding the Weather Machine. Use this resource to review the difference between inference and observation and to consider the relationships between carbon dioxide, Earth’s temperature, and climate change.
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PBS Learning Media

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