Water molecules containing light oxygen evaporate slightly more readily than water molecules containing a heavy oxygen atom. At the same time, water vapor molecules containing the heavy variety of oxygen condense more readily.
Friday, December 18, 2009
How can Ice Cores tell us the temperature?
NASA's earth Observatory has a quick explanation of how Oxygen isotope ratios can be used as a proxy for temperature.
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