CLIMATOLOGY

Stable isotope analysis has been a highly impactful tool in studies of climate change, and the field of climatology. Isotope Tracer Technologies Europe (IT²E) offers a range of services that can be applied to climatology and used for: climatic reconstructions, assessments of the global water budget, studies of past and present ocean temperatures and levels, and the creation of models and projections for many atmospheric gases. Using stable isotope fingerprinting, these climatic reconstructions can be carried out on a variety of time scales in order to: assess past global climate variability, to test current climate models using our knowledge of historical climate conditions, and to improve our ability to make accurate predictions for the future.