Palaeoperspectives on Global

Exploration of palaeoclimate is a challenge for both data and modelling scientific communities. Among scientists, there are sometimes different opinions about the reliability of palaeodata and model simulations. However, in one point there is a strong consensus between both communities: the past, on different time scales, provides us with the best way of validating climate models. Until we can successfully “predict ” the past, our models cannot be relied upon for the future. This article discusses research on a broad spectrum of palaeodata archives (ice-core, marine, terrestrial and palynological), as well as climate modelling