palaeoclimatology en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.? Ancient Greek πάλαι (pálai) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English climatology English palaeoclimatology From palaeo- + climatology.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The scientific study of prehistoric climate of the Earth.
Paleoclimatology -- the study of ice cores and ocean sediment cores -- indicates that the planet is warming 10 times fast than the average warming following an ice age, she added.
2024 December 11, Julia Jacobo, “Why the sun is not solely responsible for the rapid global warming occurring right now”, in ABC News:[…]the conference will host an international lineup of climate scientists and researchers who will focus on four broad areas: climatology, paleoclimatology, the impact of climate change, and climate-change politics and economics.
2008 December 9, Jeff Jacoby, “Skepticism on climate change”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paleoclimatology | alternative | lexicographic | |
| palæoclimatology | alternative | lexicographic |
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de Paläoklimatologie (science) · fr paléoclimatologie (science) · es paleoclimatología (science) · vi cổ khí hậu học (science) · ko 고기후학 (science) · ca paleoclimatologia (science) · cmn 古氣候學 /古气候学 (science) · sv paleoklimatologi (science) · th ภูมิอากาศบรรพกาลวิทยา (science) · pt paleoclimatologia (science) · nl paleoklimatologie (science) · af paleoklimatologie (science) · vo vönaklimatav (science) · ru палеоклиматология (science) · fi paleoklimatologia (science) · it paleoclimatologia (science) · no paleoklimatologi (science) · pl paleoklimatologia (science) · sh paleoklimatologija (science) · uk палеокліматологія (science) · gl paleoclimatoloxía (science) · kk палеоклиматология (science) · ja 古気候学 (science) · lmo paleuclimatulugía (science)