Oceans were stressed preceding abrupt, prehistoric global warming

Oceans were stressed preceding abrupt, prehistoric global warming

Terra Daily

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Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 09, 2021

Microscopic fossilized shells are helping geologists reconstruct Earth's climate during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a period of abrupt global warming and ocean acidification that occurred 56 million years ago. Clues from these ancient shells can help scientists better predict future warming and ocean acidification driven by human-caused carbon dioxide emissions. Led by Nor

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