Meanings
alternative paleoclimatology · alternative palæoclimatology
- uncountableThe scientific study of prehistoric climate of the Earth.
Paleoclimatology -- the study of ice cores and ocean sediment cores -- indicates that the planet is warming 10 times fast than the average warming following an ice age, she added.
2024 December 11, Julia Jacobo, “Why the sun is not solely responsible for the rapid global warming occurring right now”, in ABC News1 more example
[…]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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-der.?
- Ancient Greekπάλαι (pálai)
- Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
- Englishpaleo-
- Englishpalaeo-
- Englishclimatology
- Englishpalaeoclimatology
From palaeo- + climatology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans paleoklimatologie
- paleoklimatologiescience
Catalan paleoclimatologia
- paleoclimatologiascience
Chinese Mandarin 古氣候學 /古气候学
- 古氣候學 /古气候学 (gǔqìhòuxué)science
Dutch paleoklimatologie
- paleoklimatologiescience
Finnish paleoklimatologia
- paleoklimatologiascience
French paléoclimatologie
- paléoclimatologiescience
German Paläoklimatologie
- Paläoklimatologiescience
Italian paleoclimatologia
- paleoclimatologiascience
Japanese 古気候学
- 古気候学 (kokikōgaku)science
Korean 고기후학
- 고기후학 (gogihuhak)science
Norwegian paleoklimatologi
- paleoklimatologiscience
Polish paleoklimatologia
- paleoklimatologiascience
Portuguese paleoclimatologia
- paleoclimatologiascience
Russian палеоклиматология
- палеоклиматология (paleoklimatologija)science
Spanish paleoclimatología
- paleoclimatologíascience
Swedish paleoklimatologi
- paleoklimatologiscience
Thai ภูมิอากาศบรรพกาลวิทยา
- ภูมิอากาศบรรพกาลวิทยาscience
Ukrainian палеокліматологія
- палеокліматологія (paleoklimatolohija)science
Vietnamese cổ khí hậu học
- cổ khí hậu họcscience
Cite this entry
palaeoclimatology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palaeoclimatology
“palaeoclimatology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palaeoclimatology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palaeoclimatology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palaeoclimatology.
Source: palaeoclimatology on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.