The critical thermal maximum: history and critique

WI Lutterschmidt, VH Hutchison - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1997 - cdnsciencepub.com
… of thermal tolerance and show the chronological trends in the use of lethal temperature and
critical thermal maximum … constraints shaping foraging ant assemblages in tropical regions? …

Extreme warmth and heat-stressed plankton in the tropics during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

J Frieling, H Gebhardt, M Huber, OA Adekeye… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
… from the tropics has hampered attempts to address questions essential for predicting future
tropical climate change (13). For example, to what extent are tropical temperatures affected …

Simulated changes to tropical cyclones across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) boundary

JT Kiehl, CM Zarzycki, CA Shields… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal Maximum (PETM) boundary is of the same order of magnitude as expected by 2100
CE. Recent studies on the hydrological cycle during the PETM event indicate that as Earth …

A transient rise in tropical sea surface temperature during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

JC Zachos, MW Wara, S Bohaty, ML Delaney… - Science, 2003 - science.org
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) has been attributed to a rapid rise in
greenhouse gas levels. If so, warming should have occurred at all latitudes, although amplified …

Changes in the hydrological cycle in tropical East Africa during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

L Handley, A O'Halloran, PN Pearson… - Palaeogeography …, 2012 - Elsevier
… Specifically, we explore whether the hydrological cycle responded similarly at this location
in the tropics as at mid- and high-latitudes or if a more arid climate state arose due to …

Global characterization of the Holocene thermal maximum

H Renssen, H Seppä, X Crosta, H Goosse… - Quaternary Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
We analyze the global variations in the timing and magnitude of the Holocene Thermal
Maximum (HTM) and their dependence on various forcings in transient simulations covering the …

Tropical Atlantic climate and ecosystem regime shifts during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

J Frieling, GJ Reichart, JJ Middelburg, U Röhl… - Climate of the …, 2018 - cp.copernicus.org
The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, 56 Ma) was a phase of rapid global
warming associated with massive carbon input into the ocean–atmosphere system from a 13 C-…

Tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures and upper water column thermal structure during the last glacial maximum

A Patrick, RC Thunell - Paleoceanography, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
… to better quantify tropical ocean temperatures during the last glacial in order to determine
how this climatically-important region responds to large scale changes in climate forcing. By …

Evolutionary consequences of the latest Paleocene thermal maximum for tropical planktonic foraminifera

DC Kelly, TJ Bralower, JC Zachos - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 1998 - Elsevier
thermal maximum (LPTM). This transient diversification gave rise to a suite of short-lived (50
to several 100 ka), distinctive morphotypes (Morozovella allisonensis sp. nov., M. …

Warming maximum in the tropical upper troposphere deduced from thermal winds

RJ Allen, SC Sherwood - Nature Geoscience, 2008 - nature.com
… recover regional climatic temperature fluctuations accurately, even in the deep tropics, where
the Coriolis force approaches zero 19 , a finding we test further here using climate models. …