paleoclimatology
Noun
Meaning
the study of the climate of past ages
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Examples
Ice Mountain glaciers and the polar ice caps ice sheets provide much data in paleoclimatology.
“Our hypothesis challenges some existing paradigms within several disciplines, including impact dynamics, archaeology, paleontology, paleoceanography, and paleoclimatology, all affected by this relatively recent cosmic impact.”
Paleoclimatology seeks answers to such questions in order to better understand climate changes and to derive forecasts for future climate scenarios.