… If the oceans were indeed globally warmer during the Eocene, these effects may … carbon
cycling. This was emphasized by Olivarez Lyle & Lyle [24], who postulated that higher Eocene …

… for making projections of ocean carbon cycling and water-column δ 13 C gradients in this
study also projects much warmer surface and deep ocean temperatures compared with today, …

… and ocean carbon cycling pertaining to possible feedbacks involving metabolic processes.
… was due to high rates of organic matter remineralization in the much warmer Eocene water …

… when the climate was much warmer than at present, such as in the early Eocene [56 to 48
… maxima (16) and could decline as a result of ocean warming by the end of this century (17). …

… hypotheses that invoke high metabolic rates in a warm Eocene ocean, leading to more
efficient … disagreement between proxies, the general implication that large areas of the …

… oceanic carbon cycle to ongoing global warming is predicting how much organic carbon is
sequestered in the deep ocean … We present evidence from the deep-sea sedimentary record …

… Eocene were characterized by warm greenhouse climates, punctuated by a series of rapid
warming and ocean … by orbital cycles. While these hyperthermals, such as the Paleocene …

… into the pre-industrial carbon cycle 3,4 . We suggest that the rate of carbon cycling was
not very different from today during warm times such as the Palaeocene and early Eocene. …

… illustrate how anthropogenic warming may impact future carbon cycling and twilight zone …
are situated, we find that the warmest (early Eocene) model simulation shows the most extreme …

… Early Eocene warmth would have enhanced the weathering … carbon cycling during the
Paleocene and earliest Eocene … pCO 2 and oceanic DIC and a positive carbon isotope excursion. …