During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM),∼ 56 Mya, thousands of
petagrams of carbon were released into the ocean-atmosphere system with attendant …

The deep sea, the largest biome on Earth, has a series of characteristics that make this
environment both distinct from other marine and land ecosystems and unique for the entire …

A compilation of foraminiferal stable isotope measurements from southern high latitude
(SHL) deep-sea sites provides a novel perspective important for understanding Earth's …

Variations in the 13C/12C value of total dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in the world's
oceans through time have been documented through stratigraphic study of marine …

Isotopic records across the “Latest Paleocene Thermal Maximum “(LPTM) indicate that
bottom water temperature increased by more than 4° C during a brief time interval (< 104 …

Humans are continuing to add vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere
through fossil fuel burning and other activities. A large fraction of the CO2 is taken up by the …

Benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotopic (δ18O) and carbon isotopic (δ13C) trends, constructed
from compilations of data series from multiple ocean sites, provide one of the primary means …

Mid‐Cretaceous (Barremian‐Turonian) plankton preserved in deep‐sea marl, organic‐rich
shale, and pelagic carbonate hold an important record of how the marine biosphere …

Carbonate and organic matter deposited during the latest Paleocene thermal maximum is
characterized by a remarkable− 2.5‰ excursion in δ13C that occurred over∼ 104 yr and …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …