Host Andy Revkin chats with Georgia Tech's Kim Cobb about the importance of paleoclimate and what records of the earth and environment’s previous eons can tell us about where we are, where we’re headed and what can be done. Paleoclimate finally has a seat at the table in climate matters, which leads to a related discussion on the importance of diversity in the climate community. Find Kim on Twitter @CoralsnCaves https://twitter.com/coralsncaves Related links: http://pastglobalchanges.org -The chapter on Paleoclimate from the most recent IPCC report: https://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch6.html Links to Andy's anecdotes: Andy’s Anecdotes: Andy’s story on Lonnie Thompson and Mt. Kilimanjaro — message-in-eroding-glacial-ice-humans-are-turning-up-the-heat.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/19/world/a-message-in-eroding-glacial-ice-humans-are-turning-up-the-heat.html “Study Finds Storm Cycles Etched in Lake Beds — finds-storm-cycles-etched-in-lake-beds.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/25/us/study-finds-storm-cycles-etched-in-lake-beds.html Visiting Sea Ice — http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/science/earth/02arct.html Response diversity —  https://www.slideshare.net/Revkin/response-diversity