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author Liu, Zhonghui
Pagani, Mark
Zinniker, David
DeConto, Robert M
Huber, Matthew
Brinkhuis, Henk
Shah, Sunita R
Leckie, R Mark
Pearson, Ann
author_facet Liu, Zhonghui
Pagani, Mark
Zinniker, David
DeConto, Robert M
Huber, Matthew
Brinkhuis, Henk
Shah, Sunita R
Leckie, R Mark
Pearson, Ann
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents About 34 million years ago, Earth's climate shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with glacial conditions on Antarctica characterized by substantial ice sheets. How Earth's temperature changed during this climate transition remains poorly understood, and evidence for Northern Hemisphere polar ice is controversial. Here, we report proxy records of sea surface temperatures from multiple ocean localities and show that the high-latitude temperature decrease was substantial and heterogeneous. High-latitude (45 degrees to 70 degrees in both hemispheres) temperatures before the climate transition were ~20°C and cooled an average of ~5°C. Our results, combined with ocean and ice-sheet model simulations and benthic oxygen isotope records, indicate that Northern Hemisphere glaciation was not required to accommodate the magnitude of continental ice growth during this time.
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spellingShingle Global cooling during the Eocene Oligocene Transition
Liu, Zhonghui
Pagani, Mark
Zinniker, David
DeConto, Robert M
Huber, Matthew
Brinkhuis, Henk
Shah, Sunita R
Leckie, R Mark
Pearson, Ann
101-628A; 151-913; 165-998B; 177-1090; 29-277; 38-336; 71-511; 95-603D; Antarctic Ocean/PLATEAU; Colombia Basin, Caribbean Sea; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Leg101; Leg151; Leg165; Leg177; Leg29; Leg38; Leg71; Leg95; North Atlantic/Norwegian Sea; North Atlantic/RIDGE; North Atlantic Ocean; North Greenland Sea; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Atlantic/PLATEAU; South Atlantic Ocean
About 34 million years ago, Earth's climate shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with glacial conditions on Antarctica characterized by substantial ice sheets. How Earth's temperature changed during this climate transition remains poorly understood, and evidence for Northern Hemisphere polar ice is controversial. Here, we report proxy records of sea surface temperatures from multiple ocean localities and show that the high-latitude temperature decrease was substantial and heterogeneous. High-latitude (45 degrees to 70 degrees in both hemispheres) temperatures before the climate transition were ~20°C and cooled an average of ~5°C. Our results, combined with ocean and ice-sheet model simulations and benthic oxygen isotope records, indicate that Northern Hemisphere glaciation was not required to accommodate the magnitude of continental ice growth during this time.
title Global cooling during the Eocene Oligocene Transition
topic 101-628A; 151-913; 165-998B; 177-1090; 29-277; 38-336; 71-511; 95-603D; Antarctic Ocean/PLATEAU; Colombia Basin, Caribbean Sea; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Leg101; Leg151; Leg165; Leg177; Leg29; Leg38; Leg71; Leg95; North Atlantic/Norwegian Sea; North Atlantic/RIDGE; North Atlantic Ocean; North Greenland Sea; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Atlantic/PLATEAU; South Atlantic Ocean
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.771853