Pollen and spores, calculated temperature and precipitation of IODP Hole 318-U1356A ...

• Main Authors: Pross, Jörg, Contreras, Lineth, Bijl, Peter K, Greenwood, David R, Bohaty, Steven M, Schouten, Stefan, Bendle, James A, Röhl, Ursula, Tauxe, Lisa, Raine, J Ian, Huck, Claire E, van de Flierdt, Tina, Jamieson, Stewart S R, Stickley, Catherine E, van de Schootbrugge, Bas, Escutia Dotti, Carlota, Brinkhuis, Henk, IODP Expedition 318 Scientists
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2012
• Subjects: Drilling/drill rig; Exp318; Joides Resolution; Integrated Ocean Drilling Program / International Ocean Discovery Program IODP; Antarctic; Carlota; Contreras; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.786960; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.786960

The warmest global climates of the past 65 million years occurred during the early Eocene epoch (about 55 to 48 million years ago), when the Equator-to-pole temperature gradients were much smaller than today (doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<1044:ECCALT>2.3.CO;2, doi:10.1038/nature08399) and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were in excess of one thousand parts per million by volume (doi:10.1016/j.gca.2003.09.002, doi:10.1038/ngeo1186). Recently the early Eocene has received considerable interest because it may provide insight into the response of Earth's climate and biosphere to the high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels that are expected in the near future (doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0156-z) as a consequence of unabated anthropogenic carbon emissions (doi:10.1038/ngeo1186, doi:10.1038/nature06588). Climatic conditions of the early Eocene 'greenhouse world', however, are poorly constrained in critical regions, particularly Antarctica. Here we present a well-dated record of early Eocene climate on Antarctica ... : Supplement to: Pross, Jörg; Contreras, Lineth; Bijl, Peter K; Greenwood, David R; Bohaty, Steven M; Schouten, Stefan; Bendle, James A; Röhl, Ursula; Tauxe, Lisa; Raine, J Ian; Huck, Claire E; van de Flierdt, Tina; Jamieson, Stewart S R; Stickley, Catherine E; van de Schootbrugge, Bas; Escutia Dotti, Carlota; Brinkhuis, Henk; IODP Expedition 318 Scientists (2012): Persistent near-tropical warmth on the Antarctic continent during the early Eocene epoch. Nature, 488(7409), 73-77 ...