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paleoclimatology

paleoclimatology is the alternative form of palaeoclimatology.

Meaning of palaeoclimatology

Noun

palaeoclimatology (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of prehistoric climate of the Earth.
    • […]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

Origin of paleoclimatology

From paleo- + climatology.

Words formed from paleoclimatology

Questions about paleoclimatology

What is paleoclimatology the alternative form of?
Paleoclimatology is the alternative form of palaeoclimatology.

Words near paleoclimatology in the dictionary

  1. paleoclimatical
  2. paleoclimatically
  3. paleoclimatological
  4. paleoclimatologist
  5. paleoclimatologists
  6. paleoclimatology
  7. paleocoast
  8. paleocoastal
  9. paleocoasts
  10. paleocollapse
  11. paleocollapses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paleoclimatology (page history and authors); palaeoclimatology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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