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Paleoclimatology
Paleoclimatology: 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 things such as rocks, sediments, ice sheets, tree rings, corals, shells, and microfossils. It then uses the records to determine the past states of the Earth's various climate regions and its atmospheric system. Studies of past changes in the environment and biodiversity often reflect on the current situation, specifically the impact of climate on mass extinctions and biotic recovery.
What's Popular in Paleoclimatology
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FEB 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can melting permafrost influence climate change? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the Nat ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 04, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how the caves located beneath the Grand Canyon could help scienti ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 20, 2023Infographics
Studying fossils is critical to understanding how life evolved on Earth. They can help us understand plants and animals ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 03, 2022Earth & The Environment
Dr. Richard Leakey, one of the fathers of Paleoanthropology has passed away in Kenya.Written By: Timothy JamesDEC 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
One of the pivotal sets of data in understanding Earth's climate have been the EPICA ice cores from Antarctica, pieces o ...Written By: Matthew Lundy
FEB 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can melting permafrost influence climate change? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the Nat
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 04, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how the caves located beneath the Grand Canyon could help scienti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 20, 2023
Infographics
Studying fossils is critical to understanding how life evolved on Earth. They can help us understand plants and animals
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 03, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Dr. Richard Leakey, one of the fathers of Paleoanthropology has passed away in Kenya.
Written By:
Timothy James
DEC 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
One of the pivotal sets of data in understanding Earth's climate have been the EPICA ice cores from Antarctica, pieces o
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JUL 17, 2021
Plants & Animals
New research has found that temperature is the main driver behind an increased body size throughout human evolution.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
MAY 07, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Many research projects have examined climate change’s impact on sea ice and glaciers. However, shorefast ice, whic
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Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The planet continues to set climate records, which is certainly not great news. Earlier this week, the National Oceanic
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Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Back in 2017, Dr. Johann Klages and his team were going about their usual business of drilling into the seafloor to extr
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Written By:
Tiffany Dazet