This month is the planet's hottest on record by far – and hottest in around 120,000 years, scientists say | CNN

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This month is the planet's hottest on record by far – and hottest in around 120,000 years, scientists say | CNN - Lemmy.world

How do they estimate temps so long ago? What data do they use?
They have various methods. One of the common ones is analysing ice core samples.
Ice core - Wikipedia