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Scientists have extracted ice cores from Antarctica

posted by Jason Kottke   Nov 30, 2005

Scientists have extracted ice cores from Antarctica that date back 650,000 years (the previous high was 400,000 years). The cores show that modern levels of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide levels are the highest they have ever been.