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Abrupt reversal in ocean overturning during the Palaeocene/Eocene warm period

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  • Flavia Nunes

    (University of California, San Diego)

  • Richard D. Norris

    (University of California, San Diego)

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Oceans and global warming A global warming event that took place 55 million years ago at the end of the Palaeocene epoch is providing a picture of how Earth responds to climate change. The rapid rise in temperature was accompanied by turnovers in marine and terrestrial biota and changes in ocean chemistry and circulation. A study of carbon isotope records reveals a switch in the location of deep-water formation from the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere that was established within a few thousand years, but may have lasted for at least 40,000 years. This shows how greenhouse conditions can trigger quite rapid changes in deep ocean circulation that take much longer to be reversed.

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  • Flavia Nunes & Richard D. Norris, 2006. "Abrupt reversal in ocean overturning during the Palaeocene/Eocene warm period," Nature, Nature, vol. 439(7072), pages 60-63, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:439:y:2006:i:7072:d:10.1038_nature04386
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04386
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