Ice cores from Earth’s highest tropical peak provide insight into climate variability

Spatial correlation field (2°×2°) between HS δ¹⁸O_col and the October through April ERSSTs for the period 1960–2019. Only the grid cells that are statistically significant at the 95% level (p-value ≤0.05) are plotted. The white triangle denotes the location of the ice core site. Credit: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2023). DOI: 10.1029/2023JD039006

In the first study to examine ice cores from the summit of the highest tropical mountain in the world, new evidence provides…

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