Coupling of CO 2 and Ice Sheet Stability Over Major Climate Transitions of the Last 20 Million Years
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- 4 December 2009
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 326 (5958) , 1394-1397
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1178296
Abstract
CO 2 and Miocene Climate Change: Atmospheric carbon dioxide is a powerful greenhouse gas believed to be one of the most important determinants of climate. Ice cores provide a detailed and direct record of CO 2 concentrations over the past 800,000 years, but not earlier. Tripati et al. (p. 1394 , published online 8 October) report B/Ca measurements of planktonic foraminifera, from which they can infer atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, for the past 20 million years. The concentration of atmospheric CO 2 was similar to preindustrial values for the past 10 millions years, but between 15 and 20 million years ago, during the warm lower Miocene epoch, CO 2 was more abundant, and major climate transitions toward cooler conditions occurred when CO 2 decreased substantially.Keywords
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