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. 2020 Jun 30;7(1):195.
doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-0531-6.

Speaking to the past

Harry Dowsett  1
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Speaking to the past

Harry Dowsett. Sci Data. .

Abstract

“Speak to the past and it shall teach thee”. I first read those words on a dedication tablet within the John Carter Brown library at Brown University where I was a graduate student. Little did I know the phrase would accurately describe the next three and a half decades of my career. Paleoclimate data are the language we use to look into the past to understand ourselves and ultimately our future.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Paleoclimate data classification. Primary data include observations, measurements and collections. Secondary data are climate variables derived by interpretation of primary data. Model-generated data include simulations, model-produced bioclimatic variables, and re-analysis products generated or assimilated using climate models.
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