The book they have written is a whole, providing both the necessary bases on the reconstruction techniques of ancient climates, their chronological framework, and the functioning
of the climate system in the past based on observations and models. This book will allow all
those who want to know more, to explore this science, which, although difficult, is hugely
exciting. It will also give them the essential information to establish an objective idea of the
climate and its past and future variations.
You may find most of the references and pioneering studies mentioned in this preface in
BERGER A. 2012. A brief history of the astronomical theories of paleoclimates. In: “Climate
change at the eve of the second decade of the century. Inferences from paleoclimates and regional
aspects”. Proceedings of Milankovitch 130th Anniversary Symposium, A. Berger, F. Mesinger,
D. Sijacki (eds). 107–129. Springer-Verlag/Wien.DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-0973-1.
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Emeritus Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain
Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
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of the climate system in the past based on observations and models. This book will allow all
those who want to know more, to explore this science, which, although difficult, is hugely
exciting. It will also give them the essential information to establish an objective idea of the
climate and its past and future variations.
You may find most of the references and pioneering studies mentioned in this preface in
BERGER A. 2012. A brief history of the astronomical theories of paleoclimates. In: “Climate
change at the eve of the second decade of the century. Inferences from paleoclimates and regional
aspects”. Proceedings of Milankovitch 130th Anniversary Symposium, A. Berger, F. Mesinger,
D. Sijacki (eds). 107–129. Springer-Verlag/Wien.DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-0973-1.
André Berger
Emeritus Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain
Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
viii
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