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paleoclimatologyor palaeoclimatologyScientific study of the extended climatic conditions of past geologic ages. Paleoclimatologists seek to explain climate variations for all parts of the Earth during any given geologic period, beginning with the time of the Earth's formation. The basic research data are drawn mainly from geology and paleobotany; speculative attempts at explanation have come largely from astronomy, atmospheric physics, meteorology, and geophysics. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Among them is Tim Patterson, paleoclimatologist at Canada's Carleton University. A hearing today will, for the second time in as many weeks, question the ``hockey stick'' graph of global temperatures produced by paleoclimatologist Michael Mann. Although most paleoclimatologists would agree that the past is unlikely to provide true analogues of the future of the globe under the stress of global warming, past climate synopsis are often used to evaluate model experiments or as a means to illustrate global warming scenarios. |
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