paleoclimate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of paleoclimate
Example Sentences
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The lesson, he says, was that "the paleoclimate evidence actually doesn't suggest that climate change would happen smoothly, but rather in some jumps and jolts and non-linear effects".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
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
Corals are a commonly used natural archive for paleoclimate studies because of their measurable growth rates.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
“This is the first time that paleoclimate simulations have pointed to a 2-year suppression of photosynthetic activity and 15–20 years of dust-induced impact winter.”
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023
“Since dinosaurs kicked the bucket, this is the biggest global warming event we have,” says Pincelli Hull, a paleoclimate scientist at Yale University.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 23, 2022
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