The exciting news grabbing part of climate research is about predicting future change. As it will be extremely useful to know about future changes prior to their arrival. However as Luke Skinner successfully argues (2008), our approach to climate change is firmly, if not completely, linked to our
understanding of the past.
This is mainly due to the role played by palaeoclimate reconstructions in shaping our expectations of the climate system, in particular via their ability to test the accuracy of our climate models. Just remember that climate is long-term conditions, whether everyday weather conditions, so don't be put off by the inaccurate weather reports you listen to!
So with this is mind let us look to the past
References
Skinner, L. (2008) Facing Future Climate Change: Is the Past Relevant?Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2008 366, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0228.
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