Paleoclimate
The study of
paleoclimates
is the study of what Earth's climate was like thousands, even millions of years ago! Here, we'll discover what our climate was like:
during the Cretaceous Period
144-65 million years ago when dinosaurs were roaming the earth
glacial climate
from 2.5 million years ago to the present
"recent" climate change
over the last 20,000 years
What else has caused past climate changes
?
How do we know about the ice ages
?
For a more in-depth study of Earth's past climates,
check out the Windows to the Universe past climates website
.
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cretaceous climate
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