Ancient acidification

Nature by Alicia Newton | Feb. 19, 2009 (Special Report)

Earth's climate warmed for unknown reasons about 40 million years ago, in the middle of a long-term cooling trend. Scientists now report that this temperature spike was accompanied by deep ocean acidification, suggesting that a transient increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide was to blame. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, Global Warming, Climate Change
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 by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 19, 2009

The short announcement of the study sheds a light on past climate history and potential effects of the current cycle of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the oceans in terms of temperature changes and the length of time the changes persisted.

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