Anthropogenic carbon release rate unprecedented during the past 66 million years

RE Zeebe, A Ridgwell, JC Zachos - Nature Geoscience, 2016 - nature.com
Carbon release rates from anthropogenic sources reached a record high of∼ 10 Pg C yr− 1
in 2014. Geologic analogues from past transient climate changes could provide invaluable …

Rapid carbon sequestration at the termination of the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

GJ Bowen, JC Zachos - Nature Geoscience, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), an approximately 170,000-
year-long period of global warming about 56 million years ago, has been attributed to the …

Two massive, rapid releases of carbon during the onset of the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum

GJ Bowen, BJ Maibauer, MJ Kraus, U Röhl… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The Earth's climate abruptly warmed by 5–8° C during the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal
maximum (PETM), about 55.5 million years ago,. This warming was associated with a …

Slow release of fossil carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

Y Cui, LR Kump, AJ Ridgwell, AJ Charles… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
The transient global warming event known as the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
occurred about 55.9 Myr ago. The warming was accompanied by a rapid shift in the isotopic …

Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum prolonged by fossil carbon oxidation

SL Lyons, AA Baczynski, TL Babila, TJ Bralower… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
A hallmark of the rapid and massive release of carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene
Thermal Maximum is the global negative carbon isotope excursion. The delayed recovery of …

Carbon dioxide forcing alone insufficient to explain Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum warming

RE Zeebe, JC Zachos, GR Dickens - Nature Geoscience, 2009 - nature.com
Abstract The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (about 55 Myr ago) represents a
possible analogue for the future and thus may provide insight into climate system sensitivity …

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 …

Persistence of carbon release events through the peak of early Eocene global warmth

S Kirtland Turner, PF Sexton, CD Charles… - Nature Geoscience, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract The Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (53–50 million years ago) was preceded by
approximately six million years of progressive global warming. This warming was …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a novel empirical framework for interpreting geological carbon isotope excursions, with implications for the rate of carbon injection across the …

SK Turner, A Ridgwell - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
As an episode of rapid global warming associated with the release of massive quantities of
carbon to the atmosphere and oceans, the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM,∼ …