Phanerozoic paleotemperatures: The earth's changing climate during the last 540 million years

CR Scotese, H Song, BJW Mills, DG van der Meer - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
This study provides a comprehensive and quantitative estimate of how global temperatures
have changed during the last 540 million years. It combines paleotemperature …

Atmospheric CO2 over the Past 66 Million Years from Marine Archives

JWB Rae, YG Zhang, X Liu, GL Foster… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Throughout Earth's history, CO2 is thought to have exerted a fundamental control on
environmental change. Here we review and revise CO2 reconstructions from boron isotopes …

Cenozoic sea-level and cryospheric evolution from deep-sea geochemical and continental margin records

KG Miller, JV Browning, WJ Schmelz, RE Kopp… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Using Pacific benthic foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca records, we derive a Cenozoic (66 Ma)
global mean sea level (GMSL) estimate that records evolution from an ice-free Early Eocene …

The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Revisiting Antarctic ice loss due to marine ice-cliff instability

TL Edwards, MA Brandon, G Durand, NR Edwards… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Predictions for sea-level rise this century due to melt from Antarctica range from zero to more
than one metre. The highest predictions are driven by the controversial marine ice-cliff …

Constraints on global mean sea level during Pliocene warmth

OA Dumitru, J Austermann, VJ Polyak, JJ Fornós… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Reconstructing the evolution of sea level during past warmer epochs such as the Pliocene
provides insight into the response of sea level and ice sheets to prolonged warming …

Evaluation of physical and chemical proxies used to interpret past glaciations with a focus on the late Paleozoic Ice Age

JL Isbell, FF Vesely, ELM Rosa, KN Pauls… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) was one of Earth's most important Phanerozoic
climatic events lasting for over 100 Mys. Despite its importance, its history is controversial …

Climate evolution through the onset and intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

EL McClymont, SL Ho, HL Ford, I Bailey… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pliocene Epoch (∼ 5.3–2.6 million years ago, Ma) was characterized by a
warmer than present climate with smaller Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, and offers an …

Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, African climate and human evolution

MH Trauth, A Asrat, N Berner, F Bibi, V Foerster… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The hypothesis of a connection between the onset (or intensification) of Northern
Hemisphere Glaciation, the stepwise increase in African aridity (and climate variability), and …

Coupled Mg/Ca and clumped isotope measurements indicate lack of substantial mixed layer cooling in the Western Pacific Warm Pool during the last∼ 5 million years

N Meinicke, MA Reimi, AC Ravelo… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) plays a crucial role in influencing climate
dynamics both in the tropics and globally. Yet, there is an ongoing controversy concerning …