Before revision: Paleoclimate Proxies 314x314px|Example of a sediment core taken from the Forlorn lakes in Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington Paleoclimatology (the study of past climates) uses proxy data in order to relate elements collected in modern-day samples to climatic conditions of the past.
After revision: Paleoclimate proxies 314x314px|Example of a sediment core taken from the Forlorn lakes in Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington Paleoclimatology (the study of past climates) uses proxy data in order to relate elements collected in modern-day samples to climatic conditions of the past.