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palaeoclimatology

British  
/ ˌpælɪəʊˌklaɪməˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of climates of the geological past

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The final prize was shared by Danish palaeoclimatology professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen of the University of Copenhagen and Dutch climatologist Johannes Oerlemans of the University of Utrecht for glaciation and ice-sheet dynamics.

From Seattle Times Sep. 12, 2022

I took a palaeoclimatology course with Kristen St. John, who became my undergraduate research adviser.

From Nature Dec. 2, 2018

He published important contributions on astronomy, meteoritics, atmospheric science, climatology, palaeoclimatology, geology, geophysics, geodesy and glaciology.

From Nature Oct. 6, 2015

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