Earth Science Fundamentals of Physical Geography ■ FIGURE 8.27 This figure shows the broad climate trends of the past 150,000 years, with significant details for the Holocene. Climatologists have been remarkably successful in dating recent climate change. What is some of the evidence for past climates that can be studied directly?

■ FIGURE 8.27 This figure shows the broad climate trends of the past 150,000 years, with significant details for the Holocene. Climatologists have been remarkably successful in dating recent climate change. What is some of the evidence for past climates that can be studied directly?

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James Petersen

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ISBN: 9781133606536

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■ FIGURE 8.27 This figure shows the broad climate trends of the past 150,000 years, with significant details for the Holocene. Climatologists have been remarkably successful in dating recent climate change.

What is some of the evidence for past climates that can be studied directly?

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■ FIGURE 8.27 This figure shows the broad climate trends of the past 150,000 years, with significant details for the Holocene. Climatologists have been remarkably successful in dating recent climate change. What is some of the evidence for past climates that can be studied directly?

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■ FIGURE 8.27 This figure shows the broad climate trends of the past 150,000 years, with significant details for the Holocene. Climatologists have been remarkably successful in dating recent climate change. What is some of the evidence for past climates that can be studied directly?

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■ FIGURE 8.27 This figure shows the broad climate trends of the past 150,000 years, with significant details for the Holocene. Climatologists have been remarkably successful in dating recent climate change.

What is some of the evidence for past climates that can be studied directly?