[Rockhounds] Miocene Climatic Optimum

[Paul]

Scientists use ancient marine fossils to unravel longstanding
climate puzzle by Cardiff University
https://phys.org/news/2020-01-scientists-ancient-marine-fossils-unravel.html

Ancient marine fossils reveal how rising sea levels trapped carbon
in the oceans preventing extinction-level global warming 14 million
years ago.  Fossil records suggest high levels of carbon was captured
in ocean sediment. Significant volcanic activity had previously led
to extinction level events. RyanMorrison, Daily Mail, January 9, 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7869605/Ancient-marine-fossils-used-study-previous-global-warming-events.html

The Open Access paper is:

Sosdian, S., Babila, T.L., Greenop, R., Foster, G.L. and Lear, C., 2019.
Ocean Carbon Storage across the middle Miocene: A new
interpretation for the Monterey Event. Nature Communications.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13792-0

Yours,

Paul H.