Foreshadowing the glacial era
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The newly acquired core material from the tropical Pacific Ocean is analyzed to provide a detailed view of a climate system before the permanent transition to the glacial state. It was found that a glacial climate state could have existed in the otherwise warm Eocene but the green house state was perhaps readily re-established through instabilities arising from stochastic or orbital fluctuations.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Respiration in the balance
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New research indicates that, over long periods of time, decomposition of organic matter is not very sensitive to temperature. Carbon dioxide output from decomposing organic matter may not therefore rise with global warming.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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The great ice mystery
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The unknown consequences of the changes in the thickness and extent of sea ice and its effect on global warming are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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