| Term: | Paleoclimate |
| Definition: | Climate during periods prior to the development of measuring instruments, including historic and geologic time, for which only proxy climate records are available. Palaeoclimate |
| Term: | Paleoclimate |
| Definition: | Climate for periods prior to the development of measuring instruments, including historic and geologic time, for which only proxy climate records are available. (Or geological climate.) |
| Term: | Paleoclimate |
| Definition: | Climatic conditions in the geological past reconstructed from a direct or indirect data source. |