For most of us, when we think about temperature and storms we think about weather. We check the weather to see if today will bring rain, snow, or sun. We may even look far ahead at a 10 day forecast or make travel plans based on seasonal expectations of weather. But, we rarely think about temperature or storm events on timescales of hundreds to thousands to millions of years. Paleoclimate studies (in particular, those that study changes in temperature over time and those that study the intensity and frequency of storms in the past) allow us to understand how these processes that affect us on a daily basis operate on longer timescales. In the face of anthropogenic climate change, it is particularly important to investigate changes in temperature and storm events in response to past climate events so that we may best predict and plan for future change (severity/magnitude, location, and frequency).
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ArchiveSea Levels: Past, Present and Future
How has El Niño changed in the past? Lessons from paleoclimate archives Paleoclimate into Policy: is there a bright future for learning from the past AuthorsWritten by the members of UC Davis GEL 232: K. Barclay, R. Banker, P. Edwards, C. Fish, K. Hewett, T. Hill, G. Hollyday, C. Livsey, H. Palmer, P. Shukla, D. Vasey. Categories
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