paleoclimatologists
Study prehistoric climates
Paleoclimatologists are scientists who study Earth's climate in prehistoric and ancient times.
They reconstruct past temperatures, atmospheric conditions, and weather patterns using evidence from ice cores, tree rings, ocean sediments, and fossils.
Their work helps establish baselines for understanding current climate change: Paleoclimatologists have determined that carbon dioxide levels are higher now than at any point in the past 800,000 years.
Cylindrical glacier samples
- tree ringsAnnual wood layers
- proxiesAuthorized stand-ins
- data analysisSystematic information interpretation
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
archives · isotopes · chronology · calibration · datasets · fieldwork · laboratory analysis · peer review
Current geological epoch
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
- ice agesExtended global cooling epochs
- Milankovitch cyclesOrbital shifts affecting climate
- glacial periodsEpochs of widespread cooling
Younger Dryas · Pliocene · Heinrich events · deglaciation · anthropocene
Study of Earth's composition
- geochemistryEarth's chemical makeup science
- oceanographyScientific study of seas
- glaciologyStudy of ice masses
- dendrochronologyDating via growth rings
stratigraphy · isotope geochemistry · atmospheric science · biogeochemistry · sedimentology · archaeology · paleontology · limnology
UN climate science authority
- universitiesInstitutions granting advanced degrees
- research institutionsBodies conducting systematic inquiry
- conferencesOrganized professional assemblies
- collaborationsJoint creative endeavors
expeditions · grants · doctoral students · mentors · labs · peer reviewers · co-authors · working groups
ice cores
Cylindrical glacier samples
- tree ringsAnnual wood layers
- proxiesAuthorized stand-ins
- data analysisSystematic information interpretation
reconstruction · archives · isotopes · chronology · calibration · datasets · fieldwork · laboratory analysis · peer review · publications
Holocene
Current geological epoch
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
- ice agesExtended global cooling epochs
- Milankovitch cyclesOrbital shifts affecting climate
glacial periods · Younger Dryas · Pliocene · Heinrich events · deglaciation · anthropocene
geology
Study of Earth's composition
- geochemistryEarth's chemical makeup science
- oceanographyScientific study of seas
- glaciologyStudy of ice masses
dendrochronology · stratigraphy · isotope geochemistry · atmospheric science · biogeochemistry · sedimentology · archaeology · paleontology · limnology · geophysics
IPCC
UN climate science authority
- universitiesInstitutions granting advanced degrees
- research institutionsBodies conducting systematic inquiry
- conferencesOrganized professional assemblies
collaborations · expeditions · grants · doctoral students · mentors · labs · peer reviewers · co-authors · working groups
paleoclimatologistsmeteorologists
Atmospheric science professionals
weather forecasters · futurologists · storm chasers · climatologists
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