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 …

The impact of marine nutrient abundance on early eukaryotic ecosystems

CT Reinhard, NJ Planavsky, BA Ward, GD Love… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The rise of eukaryotes to ecological prominence represents one of the most dramatic shifts
in the history of Earth's biosphere. However, there is an enigmatic temporal lag between the …

The role of calcification in carbonate compensation

BP Boudreau, JJ Middelburg, Y Luo - Nature Geoscience, 2018 - nature.com
The long-term recovery of the oceans from present and past acidification is possible due to
neutralization by the dissolution of biogenic CaCO3 in bottom sediments, that is, carbonate …

Evidence for a rapid release of carbon at the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

JD Wright, MF Schaller - Proceedings of the National …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) and associated carbon isotope excursion
(CIE) are often touted as the best geologic analog for the current anthropogenic rise in …

Spatiotemporal distribution of global mercury enrichments through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and links to volcanism

S Jin, DB Kemp, J Shen, R Yin, DW Jolley, M Vieira… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Mercury (Hg) concentrations and Hg isotopes have been widely used to fingerprint
geological volcanism. Mercury content, as a more accessible proxy, is more frequently used …

A middle Eocene carbon cycle conundrum

A Sluijs, RE Zeebe, PK Bijl, SM Bohaty - Nature Geoscience, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract The Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) was an approximately 500,000-year-
long episode of widespread ocean–atmosphere warming about 40 million years ago …

Understanding the causes and consequences of past marine carbon cycling variability through models

D Hülse, S Arndt, JD Wilson, G Munhoven… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
On geological time-scales, the production and degree of recycling of biogenic carbon in the
marine realm and ultimately its removal to sediments, exerts a dominant control on …

Petroleum, coal and research drilling onshore Svalbard: a historical perspective

K Senger, P Brugmans, SA Grundvåg, MM Jochmann… - 2019 - munin.uit.no
The beginning of the Norwegian oil industry is often attributed to the first exploration drilling
in the North Sea in 1966, the first discovery in 1967 and the discovery of the supergiant …

Large-scale, astronomically paced sediment input to the North Sea Basin during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum

S Jin, DB Kemp, DW Jolley, M Vieira, JC Zachos… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the predicted responses to ongoing climate warming is that coastal and inland areas
may experience increasingly extreme weather, with potentially more droughts and floods …

Maximum rates of climate change are systematically underestimated in the geological record

DB Kemp, K Eichenseer, W Kiessling - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Recently observed rates of environmental change are typically much higher than those
inferred for the geological past. At the same time, the magnitudes of ancient changes were …