Which isotope ratio is especially important in studying Earth's climate over the past 500,000 years?

a. oxygen-18 to oxygen-16
b. carbon-14 to carbon-12
c. sulfur-34 to sulfur-32
d. nitrogen-15 to nitrogen-14
e. argon-40 to argon-39


A

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