The Heat Was On: Atmospheric CO2 Triggered a Global Warming Event 40 Million Years Ago
10:43am GMT, Sunday, 7 November 2010
Atmospheric CO 2 was the primary driver of a 400,000-year global warming event, known as the middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO), according to a new study. The finding, which could help climatologists better understand the precise relationship between CO 2 concentration and climate change today, is described in the November 5 issue of Science . [More]






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