Infographic 21.7. -Refer to Temperature and Atmospheric CO₂ Concentration from the Vostok

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Infographic 21.7.

-Refer to Temperature and Atmospheric CO₂ Concentration from the Vostok Ice Core graph in Infographic 21.7. The relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide is complex. Explain the relationship between these two variables (1) as Earth comes out of a glacial period (ice age) and increases in carbon dioxide lag temperature increases by hundreds of years, and (2) in reference to the recent warming over the last hundred years where increased carbon dioxide release is preceding the warming.