- paleoclimatology
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1909 a science dealing with the climate of past ages • paleoclimatologist noun
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Paleoclimatology — (also Palaeoclimatology) is the study of climate change taken on the scale of the entire history of Earth. It uses records from ice sheets, tree rings, sediment, and rocks to determine the past state of the climate system on Earth. Reconstructing … Wikipedia
paleoclimatology — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
paleoclimatology — paleoclimatological /pay lee oh kluy meuh tl oj i keuhl/ or, esp. Brit., /pal ee /, paleoclimatologic, adj. paleoclimatologist, n. /pay lee oh kluy meuh tol euh jee/ or, esp. Brit., /pal ee /, n. the branch of paleogeography dealing with the… … Universalium
paleoclimatology — noun The study of the Earths climate in the geologic past … Wiktionary
paleoclimatology — n. scientific study of the climates of past geological periods … English contemporary dictionary
paleoclimatology — pa·leo·climatology … English syllables
paleoclimatology — pa•le•o•cli•ma•tol•o•gy [[t]ˌpeɪ li oʊˌklaɪ məˈtɒl ə dʒi[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˌpæl i [/t]] n. mer the study of paleoclimates • Etymology: 1915–20 pa le•o•cli ma•tol′o•gist, n … From formal English to slang
paleoclimatology — noun the study of the climate of past ages • Syn: ↑palaeoclimatology • Hypernyms: ↑archeology, ↑archaeology * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pale + climatology … Useful english dictionary
Climate — For other uses, see Climate (disambiguation). Worldwide Climate Classifications Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature … Wikipedia
Proxy (climate) — Climate proxies are preserved physical characteristics of the past that enable scientists to reconstruct the climatic conditions that prevailed during much of the Earth s history. As reliable modern records of climate only began in the 1880s,… … Wikipedia
