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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.


Etymology

Origin of paleoclimate

First recorded in 1920–25; paleo- + climate

Example Sentences

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"We used species distribution models of three major mosquito complexes together with paleoclimate models," explains lead author Dr. Margherita Colucci of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology and the University of Cambridge.

From Science Daily • May 3, 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

“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

This is the maddening mystery of any paleoclimate model.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2021

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