What is "paleoclimate"

Usage examples of "paleoclimate".

She was studying the paleoclimate of Mars, trying to come to an understanding of how the planet had dried and cooled, and how cycles of warming and cooling had passed over the planet in long, slow waves.

In a typical forest, what probably happens is that the preexisting ecosystem is hammered by few years of drought, says Steve Jackson, a paleoclimate researcher from the University of Wyoming.

Then there's the treatise you did on deducing paleoclimates in the Southwest through analysis of Lost River Cave's formations.