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Data seems to be analyzed and displayed in this article clearly and correctly. Under the ice core data section, there are a series of graphs featuring data collected on carbon dioxide, reconstructed temperature, and dust over the past 420,000 years. The article assumes the ice core method is a consistently perfect measure of past climate which is untrue because proxies are not always exactly accurate. This article comments on the strengths of the proxy method ("[ice cores] can be used to reconstruct an uninterrupted and detailed climate record extending over hundreds of thousands of years, providing information on a wide variety of aspects of climate at each point in time.") but fails to mention any flaws or weaknesses with the proxy method of determining climate.

I examined several sources on the reference section of the ice core article and they all seemed to be both current and accurate. I also identified two current journal articles through Web of Science, a peer reviewed scientific journal data base. One was actually already listed under references of the article but the other, an article entitled "On the utility of proxy system models for estimating climate states over the common era" had not been included in the references section of the article and I highly suggest that it is added.

I recommend that my suggested article is added in the references and mentioned in the original ice core article as well. I also think this page could use some more figures or graphs. There are a few graphs given in the Ice Core Data section but there are no graphs displayed for each individual region in Greenland, Antarctica, or the listed non polar regions where ice cores are obtained.