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- noun Plural form of
paleothermometer .
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Examples
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As to how accurate coral-based paleothermometers are, scepticism is obviously in order.
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The data was obtained with the analysis of up to six types of paleothermometers which analysed sediments found in the depths of the oceans and the fossil remains they contained.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009
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Of these, four paleothermometers were based on ecological principles and the study of the shells of microscopic organisms (planktonic foraminifera, diatoms, dinoflagellates and radiolaria); while the other two were geochemical and based on organic molecules (alkenones containing 37 carbon atoms) produced by unicellular algae or by metals found in the zooplankton shells
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009
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Each cell was given a specific temperature resulting from the weighted average of data collected in the different paleothermometers analyses corresponding to each grid cell.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009
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Researchers confirmed this hypothesis with the results of four types of paleothermometers, while CLIMAP only used one.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009
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Also, I wouldn’t put so much faith in Ice core data as the end all of paleothermometers.
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As the alternative hypothesis of the isotopes not being thrustwhorty paleothermometers strongly opposes the ice age support for global warming it’s the more tragic that even the most sceptic paleoclimatologists don’t even start to consider to give the idea more than a passing thought before closing the mind again and point towards superseded ideas of the evidence.
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With this, we make sure that the climate model will function correctly when predicting future climate situations ", states Antoni Rosell, ICTA researcher, member of the direction team, instigator of the MARGO project and expert in geochemical paleothermometers.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009
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