Eocene atmospheric CO2 from the nahcolite proxy
Paleotemperature estimates from leaf fossils and fluid inclusions in halite suggest an upper limit for [CO2]atm in the EECO from the nahcolite proxy of ~1260 ppm. These data support a causal connection between ele- vated [CO2]atm and early Eocene global warmth, but at significantly lower [CO2]atm than previously thought, which suggests that ancient climates on Earth may have been more sensitive to a doubling of [CO2]atm than is currently assumed.
Credits: Geology 2015 doi:10.1130/G36886.1
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