Being able to
reconstruct ancient climate change is a critical part of understanding why the climate behaves the way it does.
Researchers often
reconstruct ancient climate from clues in sediment cores.
Researchers
reconstructing ancient climates delve into the mineral for a record of temperature and atmospheric composition, environmental conditions and the state of the ocean at the time those minerals formed.
Not exact matches
Overall, the findings have major implications for Earth's thermal and magnetic history, particularly when it comes to how magnetic measurements are used to
reconstruct continental motions and
ancient climates.
Ongoing projects examine the paleoenvironmental context for human evolution and cultural development,
reconstructing ancient rivers and lakes, dating geological formations, and attempting to understand the role that
climate change had in producing new species and stone - tool cultures.
Reconstructing ancient carbon cycles is really hard to do and once again
climate models using the best available proxy data are our best bet.