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paleoclimate

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

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of paleoclimate

First recorded in 1920–25; paleo- + climate


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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

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

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

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