Understanding Paleoclimate

Understanding Paleoclimate Activity Source: American Geophysical Union. Adapted with permission from EarthComm: Earth System Science in the Community, American Geosciences Institute. Climate scientists study evidence in the geologic record, such as fossils, to figure out what climate was like over hundreds of thousands of years (“paleoclimate”). One fossil they use is pollen, a part of a flowering plant that helps make a seed. Pollen can be blown into lakes, where it is preserved in sediment. [Read More]