Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of the effects of climatic conditions on living organisms.
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- noun The
interdisciplinary field ofscience that studies theinteractions between thebiosphere and the Earth'satmosphere on time scales of the order ofseasons or longer (in opposition tobiometeorology ).
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- noun the study of effects of climate on living organisms
Etymologies
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bio- + climatology
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Examples
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Instead of blindly believing Al Gore, it may be more interesting to read some reports written by real experts in the area of bioclimatology, etc. (try both Dem and Reps).
Gore Wows the Netroots Crowd - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The side benefit would be those other disciplines that would be affected – ecology, ecosystem, biological science, environmental management, forestry, silvics, bioclimatology books would all have to be re-written too.
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