climate

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So far as the observer can judge, the climatal conditions and the other influences which affect the wear of rocks have not greatly varied in the past from what they are at the present day.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

This might be supposed to have depended on climatal agencies only; but it has been shewn by overpowering evidence to be independent of these. 

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert

We have, however, farther to bear in mind the possibility of cataclysms or climatal changes which may have proved speedily fatal to many species over large areas.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William

Aberration, perhaps indicated universally, 16, 17, 18.Aborigines, insect, unimportant for climatal modifications, 25, 26, 27.Acalles, the Canarian type of, apparent on the Salvages and Dezertas, 124.——

From On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera by Wollaston, Thomas Vernon

The important influence of climatal changes on the dispersal of animals and plants is a sufficient justification for introducing such a discussion into the present volume.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel