Section 15.3 Past climates
Pre-pleistocene
Geological times
Continental drift and climate
Changes in ‘solar constant’
Pleistocene
Rapid climate changes in the late Pleistocene
Climate cycles
Ice cores, CO2 concentration, and climate
Rainfall and sea level change
Solar radiation, albedo and climate
Last Glacial Maximum
Climate of the last Ice Age
Ice sheet feedback
The last Ice Age in Australia and New Zealand
Glacial dust and the hydrologic cycle
The Strait of Gibraltar, and global climate
Turning points of climate
Timberlines
Beetles and past temperatures
Stalgmites and past climates
Holocene
Sunspots and climate
Volcanic eruptions and surface temperatures
Borehole temperatures and past climates
Climate change in northern Australia
The climate of southern Chile during the last 16,000 years
Holocene climate variations estimated by means of an ice core
Temperature changes in central Europe
The climate 6000 years ago
Climatology and cultural dominance
Opposite climate changes in Northwestern Europe
Global rainfall anomalies in the 18th century
Estimating past sea-surface temperatures from corals
Explaining observed global temperature changes
Siberian temperatures during the last millenium
El Niño and mankind before the 20th century