paleoclimate

American  

[pey-lee-oh-klahy-mit, pal-ee-] / ˌpeɪ li oʊˈklaɪ mɪt, ˌpæl i- /

noun

1. the climate of some former period of geologic time.

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Etymology

Origin of paleoclimate

First recorded in 1920–25; paleo- + climate

Example Sentences

So they did a gut check—they went hunting for excrement and vomit from the Polish Basin, a region of central Europe with an extensive record of fossil bones and paleoclimate data.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024

However, he warned against drawing too many conclusions from a single paleoclimate study, saying it “paints one little part of the picture.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2024

"We've had projects for the last 20 years in Alaska trying to integrate sedimentology, dinosaur paleontology and the paleoclimate indicators," McCarthy said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

He shared the samples with Cem Berk Senel, a paleoclimate modeling researcher at the Royal Observatory of Belgium who was then a graduate student at Université Libre de Bruxelles.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

The paleoclimate record tells us we’re somewhere in between.

From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2023