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paleoclimatic

paleoclimatic

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Relating to Earth's climate from a long time ago
  • adjective
  • /ˌpeɪliəʊˈklaɪmætɪk/
  • Specialized
: paleoclimático
  • That concords with the paleoclimatic data.

Examples

  • That the Earth's temperature has been reasonably constant since its inception, as Gaian supporters have stated, is not well supported by the paleoclimatic evidence.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The performance of such a new generation of climate models should first be tested on recent oceanographic changes, but also on longer paleoclimatic time series.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Is there any proof of the frequency of clouds in the paleoclimatic records?

    Blog text (9)
  • Do you deny the paleoclimatic evidence presented by those maps and on the website?

    Blog text (33)
  • Such characteristics are fully compatible with existing paleoclimatic data, which show that temperature variations were much smaller in the intertropical zone.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Using his paleoclimatic computer model, Hall forecasts that "the world is on the verge of a major climate shift" and attempts to warn the U.S. vice president.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Many paleoclimatic data reveal an approximate 1,500-year cyclicity of unknown origin.

    Blog text (23)
  • Researchers first became intrigued by abrupt climate change when they discovered striking evidence of large, abrupt, and widespread changes preserved in paleoclimatic archives.

    Blog text (29)
  • Also, most of the texts I've read on paleoclimate, including university texts, attribute this paleoclimatic cooling mainly to mountain formation and continental drift, as noted above, with CO2 playing a small role.

    Blog text (33)
  • The study of ancient sediments has provided valuable insights into paleoclimatic changes over the last millions of years.

Synonyms

paleoclimatological
vspaleoclimatic
  • Specialized
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Relating to the study of Earth's ancient climates and how they changed

is about ancient climate itself rather than the study of it

Surface Forms

paleoclimatic positive

Morphology

paleoclimatic = climatic (semi-transparent) = paleo + climate + ic

The prefix 'paleo-' means 'ancient' and combines predictably with 'climatic', but 'paleo-' is a specialized combining form that may be unfamiliar to lower-level learners.

Etymology

Paleoclimatic combines paleo- meaning 'ancient' and climate meaning 'the usual weather of a place'. So paleoclimatic describes the 'ancient weather' of Earth, which is why scientists use it to study past climates.