Chapter 3B. Climate Changes in Earth’s Past
Learning Objectives
By carefully reading this chapter and completing the learning activities within it, you should be able to do the following:
- Describe the timing and causes of icehouse events in the Pre-Cenozoic.
- Describe the timing and causes of the Early Paleogene greenhouse climate
- Describe the timing and cause of the Late Cenozoic Ice Age with particular emphasis on the Pleistocene Glaciation and how it shaped the North American landscape
- Define paleoclimate and explain how it is measured using paleoclimate proxies.
- Interpret paleoclimate data to discuss how climate has changed for a given scenario
