Explain the Limitations of the Paleo-Proxy Record

question 20

Essay

Explain the limitations of the Paleo-proxy record. Explain why they are used as climate data.

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Sir Isaac Newton, an English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation.

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