previous climates

How Do We Study Paleoclimate?

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How Do We Study Paleoclimate? Paleoclimatology is the study of previous climates that have existed during Earth’s different geologic ages. … Studying tree rings as proxies—a practice known as dendrochronology—helps paleoclimatologists understand the general temperature or precipitation that occurred on Earth when the tree was alive. What is used to study paleoclimate? Since it is

What Kind Of Proxy Indicators Are Used To Determine Past Climate Conditions?

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What Kind Of Proxy Indicators Are Used To Determine Past Climate Conditions? These proxy data are preserved physical characteristics of the environment that can stand in for direct measurements. Paleoclimatologists gather proxy data from natural recorders of climate variability such as tree rings, ice cores, fossil pollen, ocean sediments, corals and historical data. What is