Paleoclimate Timeline
Paleoclimatology is the study of Earth’s past climates using evidence preserved in ice cores, tree rings, sediments, rocks, glaciers, and corals. This content explains how scientists reconstruct climate history over billions of years and use climate records to better understand modern climate change and future environmental trends.
Topics
- paleoclimatology
- climate history
- ice cores
- tree rings
- sedimentary rocks
- ocean sediments
- lake sediments
- glaciers
- fossil evidence
- geologic time scale
- climate records
- atmospheric composition
- sea level change
- Earth systems
- climate change
- environmental reconstruction
- NASA climate research
- ancient climates
- temperature records
- Earth history
- glacial landforms
- environmental monitoring
- long-term climate trends