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Late Miocene decoupling of oceanic warmth and atmospheric carbon dioxide forcing

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  • Jonathan P. LaRiviere

    (University of California)

  • A. Christina Ravelo

    (University of California)

  • Allison Crimmins

    (University of California
    Present addresses: US Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Division, Washington DC 20460, USA (A.C.); Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA (P.S.D.); Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California 94305, USA (M.W.W.).)

  • Petra S. Dekens

    (University of California
    Present addresses: US Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Division, Washington DC 20460, USA (A.C.); Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA (P.S.D.); Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California 94305, USA (M.W.W.).)

  • Heather L. Ford

    (University of California)

  • Mitch Lyle

    (Texas A&M University)

  • Michael W. Wara

    (University of California
    Present addresses: US Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Division, Washington DC 20460, USA (A.C.); Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA (P.S.D.); Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California 94305, USA (M.W.W.).)

Abstract

Measurements from several ocean cores reveal that ocean warmth persisted throughout the late Miocene epoch despite CO2 levels of only 200–350 p.p.m.v., probably driven by a deep thermocline that isolated climate responses from CO2 variations.

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  • Jonathan P. LaRiviere & A. Christina Ravelo & Allison Crimmins & Petra S. Dekens & Heather L. Ford & Mitch Lyle & Michael W. Wara, 2012. "Late Miocene decoupling of oceanic warmth and atmospheric carbon dioxide forcing," Nature, Nature, vol. 486(7401), pages 97-100, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:486:y:2012:i:7401:d:10.1038_nature11200
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11200
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    1. Xiaoqing Liu & Matthew Huber & Gavin L. Foster & Andrew Dessler & Yi Ge Zhang, 2022. "Persistent high latitude amplification of the Pacific Ocean over the past 10 million years," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.

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