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Fossil plant stomata indicate decreasing atmospheric CO2 prior to the Eocene–Oligocene boundary
Margret Steinthorsdottir
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Department of Geological Sciences and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Amanda S. Porter
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Aidan Holohan
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Lutz Kunzmann
Museum of Mineralogy and Geology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Margaret Collinson
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK
Jennifer C. McElwain
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Our manuscript "Fossil plant stomata indicate decreasing atmospheric CO2 prior to the Eocene–Oligocene boundary" reports that ~ 40 % decrease in pCO2 preceded the large shift in marine oxygen isotope records that characterizes the Eocene–Oliogocene climate transition. The results endorse the theory that pCO2 drawdown was the main forcer of the Eocene–Oligocene climate change, and a "tipping point" was reached in the latest Eocene, triggering the plunge of the Earth System into icehouse conditions.
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