Ice Core Climate Record Simulator

🧊 Ice Core Record

Ice accumulation rate: 1.0x Time window start (ka): 0 Time window span (ka): 200

Eccentricity (100ka)

Obliquity (41ka)

Precession (23ka)

Show CO₂ curve

Show temperature (δ¹⁸O)

Glacial amplitude—

Dominant period—

CO₂ range—

CO₂ lag vs T~800 yr

δ¹⁸O Proxy
Δδ¹⁸O ≈ 0.7·ΔT — heavier isotopes preferentially stay in ice during cold periods. Vostok/EPICA cores cover 800,000 years with ~4 glacial cycles visible, paced by Milankovitch orbital forcing.

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