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We help students overcome common misconceptions about climate change, evolution, and the nature of science.
We help students overcome common misconceptions about climate change, evolution, and the nature of science.
Earth’s climate is constantly changing. Paleoclimatologists — scientists who study ancient climates before current technologies were available to take measurements — provide historical data trends as a baseline for comparison to contemporary climate trends. This lesson set explores how paleoclimate proxies such as ice cores, tree rings, and sedimentary analysis provide evidence for past climates. Paleoclimate data gathered via proxies are valuable tools climate scientists use to analyze current patterns and understand how human activities affect climate conditions.
This lesson set was revised on March 7, 2022.
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This is a beta version of Lesson Set Three.
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