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The study of the climate of past ages
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paleoclimatology
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Paleoclimatology (in British spelling , palaeoclimatology ) is the study of changes in climate taken on the scale of the entire history of Earth . It uses a variety of proxy methods from the Earth and life sciences to obtain data previously preserved within ...
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n. (alternative form of palaeoclimatology English)
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n. the study of the climate of past ages [syn: palaeoclimatology ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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also paleo-climatology , 1920, from paleo- + climatology . Related: Paleoclimatologist .
Usage examples of paleoclimatology.
Martian and terrestrial paleoclimatology would appear extremely promising.
If the Martian climatic variations were the result of external causes (perhaps variations in the luminosity of the sun), then a correlation of Martian paleoclimatology and terrestrial paleoclimatology would be extremely interesting.