Non-traditional data to inform modern climate science
The global climate is changing rapidly, with cascading impacts across the world. Even though the modern instrument-based record of Earth observations reflects decades of critical work, multi-century time series may be required to understand and forecast key elements of Earth system dynamics. Here, w...
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| description | The global climate is changing rapidly, with cascading impacts across the world. Even though the modern instrument-based record of Earth observations reflects decades of critical work, multi-century time series may be required to understand and forecast key elements of Earth system dynamics. Here, we review the potential uses of non-traditional climate data records—observations reported without using modern instruments or standardized measurement protocols—to identify climate and ecosystem dynamics that predate modern methodologies and tools. We compile a list of diverse datasets collected over more than 500 years, including landscape paintings, sea lore, and animal migration data. This initial review presents opportunities for further investigation to reconstruct past climate or to use non-traditional records to complement modern instrument methods. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5be3d37a687c422f8acee71230762c322025-02-05T05:17:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Communication2297-900X2025-02-011010.3389/fcomm.2025.15187681518768Non-traditional data to inform modern climate scienceKimberley R. Miner0Ethan Wong1Bradley A. Gay2Charles E. Miller3NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United StatesAmerican University, Washington, DC, United StatesNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United StatesNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United StatesThe global climate is changing rapidly, with cascading impacts across the world. Even though the modern instrument-based record of Earth observations reflects decades of critical work, multi-century time series may be required to understand and forecast key elements of Earth system dynamics. Here, we review the potential uses of non-traditional climate data records—observations reported without using modern instruments or standardized measurement protocols—to identify climate and ecosystem dynamics that predate modern methodologies and tools. We compile a list of diverse datasets collected over more than 500 years, including landscape paintings, sea lore, and animal migration data. This initial review presents opportunities for further investigation to reconstruct past climate or to use non-traditional records to complement modern instrument methods.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1518768/fullArcticclimate changeproxiesobservationmeasurements |
| spellingShingle | Kimberley R. Miner Ethan Wong Bradley A. Gay Charles E. Miller Non-traditional data to inform modern climate science Frontiers in Communication Arctic climate change proxies observation measurements |
| title | Non-traditional data to inform modern climate science |
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| title_short | Non-traditional data to inform modern climate science |
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| topic | Arctic climate change proxies observation measurements |
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