The Younger Dryas, an abrupt return to near-glacial conditions read from the geologic and ice-core record. Belongs here: a phenomenon describing the earth's past climate state as reconstructed from geologic evidence. Does not belong here: a present-day or recurring climate pattern, held under Climatology instead.
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Field of Studythe scientific study of climates predating the invention of meteorological instruments, when no direct, artificial measurement data were available 1 All Paleoclimatology
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the scientific study of climates predating the invention of meteorological instruments, when no direct, artificial measurement data were available
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