[HTML][HTML] Hydrological and associated biogeochemical consequences of rapid global warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

MJ Carmichael, GN Inglis, MPS Badger… - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) hyperthermal,~ 56 million years
ago (Ma), is the most dramatic example of abrupt Cenozoic global warming. During the …

An astronomically dated record of Earth's climate and its predictability over the last 66 million years

T Westerhold, N Marwan, AJ Drury, D Liebrand… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Much of our understanding of Earth's past climate comes from the measurement of oxygen
and carbon isotope variations in deep-sea benthic foraminifera. Yet, long intervals in …

Constraints on the onset duration of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

SK Turner - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, approx. 56 Ma) provides a test case for
investigating how the Earth system responds to rapid greenhouse gas-driven warming …

Synchronous tropical and polar temperature evolution in the Eocene

MJ Cramwinckel, M Huber, IJ Kocken, C Agnini, PK Bijl… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Palaeoclimate reconstructions of periods with warm climates and high atmospheric CO2
concentrations are crucial for developing better projections of future climate change. Deep …

The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: Methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, incorporating …

CJ Hollis, T Dunkley Jones… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
The early Eocene (56 to 48 million years ago) is inferred to have been the most recent time
that Earth's atmospheric CO2 concentrations exceeded 1000 ppm. Global mean …

Global extent of early Eocene hyperthermal events: A new Pacific benthic foraminiferal isotope record from Shatsky Rise (ODP Site 1209)

T Westerhold, U Röhl, B Donner… - Paleoceanography and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Studying the dynamics of past global warming events during the late Paleocene to middle
Eocene informs our understanding of Earth's carbon cycle behavior under elevated …

Global mean surface temperature and climate sensitivity of the EECO, PETM and latest Paleocene

GN Inglis, F Bragg, N Burls, D Evans… - Climate of the past …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
Accurate estimates of past global mean surface temperature (GMST) help to contextualise
future climate change and are required to estimate the sensitivity of the climate system to …

A high‐Fidelity benthic stable isotope record of late Cretaceous–early Eocene climate change and carbon‐cycling

JSK Barnet, K Littler, T Westerhold… - Paleoceanography …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Late Cretaceous–Early Paleogene is the most recent period in Earth history
that experienced sustained global greenhouse warmth on multimillion year timescales. Yet …

Proxy evidence for state-dependence of climate sensitivity in the Eocene greenhouse

E Anagnostou, EH John, TL Babila, PF Sexton… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite recent advances, the link between the evolution of atmospheric CO2 and climate
during the Eocene greenhouse remains uncertain. In particular, modelling studies suggest …

Thresholds of catastrophe in the Earth system

DH Rothman - Science Advances, 2017 - science.org
The history of the Earth system is a story of change. Some changes are gradual and benign,
but others, especially those associated with catastrophic mass extinction, are relatively …