Palaeontology: Plankton in a greenhouse world

The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum was marked by global warming and ocean acidification. Fossil and experimental analyses show that different species of marine calcifying algae responded very differently to the environmental upheavals.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Geoscience
Main Author: Langer, Gerald
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2687/
http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2687/1/Langer_ngeo1750.pdf
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http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v6/n3/full/ngeo1750.html
https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1750
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Summary:The Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum was marked by global warming and ocean acidification. Fossil and experimental analyses show that different species of marine calcifying algae responded very differently to the environmental upheavals.