Climate history
Many people say „Climate has always changed“, which is not completely wrong! Instead of discussing why this statement is inadequate in most cases, here I want to focus on past climate. Given the large time span Earth has been around, we know surprisingly much about past climatic conditions. In the following chapters I will present a part of this knowledge.
Time frame of Earth's existence

The time frame

How to find out about ancient climate?

Methods for examining climate history

Climate history

Climate history

Mechanisms of changing climates

Mechanisms of changing climates

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Further links:

Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung – Wuppertal-Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie – MPI für Meteorologie – Helmholtz Klima Dialogplattform – Deutsches Klima Konsortium – Intergovernmental panel on climate change

Nature Sustainability – Global Change Biology – Current Climate Change Reports – Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems – Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change – Global Environmental Change – npj Climate and Atmospheric Science – Global Ecology and Biogeography – Global Biogeochemical Cycles – Climate of the Past

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