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Global cooling during the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition
Liu, Z.; Pagani, M.; Zinniker, D.; DeConto, R.; Huber, M.; Brinkhuis, H.; Shah, S.R.; Leckie, R.M.; Pearson, A. (2009). Global cooling during the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition. Science (Wash.) 323(5918): 1187-1190. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1166368
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, meer
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- Liu, Z.
- Pagani, M.
- Zinniker, D.
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- DeConto, R.
- Huber, M.
- Brinkhuis, H., meer
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- Shah, S.R.
- Leckie, R.M.
- Pearson, A.
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| Abstract |
About 34 million years ago, Earth's climate shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with glacial conditions on Antarctica characterized by substantial ice sheets. How Earth's temperature changed during this climate transition remains poorly understood, and evidence for Northern Hemisphere polar ice is controversial. Here, we report proxy records of sea surface temperatures from multiple ocean localities and show that the high-latitude temperature decrease was substantial and heterogeneous. High-latitude (45 degrees to 70 degrees in both hemispheres) temperatures before the climate transition were similar to 20 degrees C and cooled an average of similar to 5 degrees C. Our results, combined with ocean and ice-sheet model simulations and benthic oxygen isotope records, indicate that Northern Hemisphere glaciation was not required to accommodate the magnitude of continental ice growth during this time. |
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