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Research article
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13 Jan 2023
Research article |
| 13 Jan 2023
| 13 Jan 2023
Sea surface temperature evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean across the Eocene–Oligocene transition
Department of Geoenergy and Storage, Geological Survey of Denmark and
Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of
Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ 't Horntje,
Texel, the Netherlands
Helen K. Coxall
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Svante
Arrhenius väg 8, 114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden
David K. Hutchinson
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Svante
Arrhenius väg 8, 114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney
NSW 2052, Australia
Diederik Liebrand
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, SO14 3ZH, Southampton,
United Kingdom
Stefan Schouten
Department of
Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ 't Horntje,
Texel, the Netherlands
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht
University, Vening Meinesz building A, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht,
the Netherlands
Agatha M. de Boer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Svante
Arrhenius väg 8, 114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden
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Clim. Past, 17, 203–227, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-203-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-203-2021, 2021
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This paper presents the first modelling results from the Deep-Time Model Intercomparison Project (DeepMIP), in which we focus on the early Eocene climatic optimum (EECO, 50 million years ago). We show that, in contrast to previous work, at least three models (CESM, GFDL, and NorESM) produce climate states that are consistent with proxy indicators of global mean temperature and polar amplification, and they achieve this at a CO2 concentration that is consistent with the CO2 proxy record.
Appy Sluijs, Joost Frieling, Gordon N. Inglis, Klaas G. J. Nierop, Francien Peterse, Francesca Sangiorgi, and Stefan Schouten
Clim. Past, 16, 2381–2400, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2381-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2381-2020, 2020
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We revisit 15-year-old reconstructions of sea surface temperatures in the Arctic Ocean for the late Paleocene and early Eocene epochs (∼ 57–53 million years ago) based on the distribution of fossil membrane lipids of archaea preserved in Arctic Ocean sediments. We find that improvements in the methods over the past 15 years do not lead to different results. However, data quality is now higher and potential biases better characterized. Results confirm remarkable Arctic warmth during this time.
Gordon N. Inglis, Fran Bragg, Natalie J. Burls, Marlow Julius Cramwinckel, David Evans, Gavin L. Foster, Matthew Huber, Daniel J. Lunt, Nicholas Siler, Sebastian Steinig, Jessica E. Tierney, Richard Wilkinson, Eleni Anagnostou, Agatha M. de Boer, Tom Dunkley Jones, Kirsty M. Edgar, Christopher J. Hollis, David K. Hutchinson, and Richard D. Pancost
Clim. Past, 16, 1953–1968, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1953-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1953-2020, 2020
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This paper presents estimates of global mean surface temperatures and climate sensitivity during the early Paleogene (∼57–48 Ma). We employ a multi-method experimental approach and show that i) global mean surface temperatures range between 27 and 32°C and that ii) estimates of
bulkequilibrium climate sensitivity (∼3 to 4.5°C) fall within the range predicted by the IPCC AR5 Report. This work improves our understanding of two key climate metrics during the early Paleogene.
Kasia K. Śliwińska and Martin J. Head
J. Micropalaeontol., 39, 139–154, https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-39-139-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-39-139-2020, 2020
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We described two new species of the fossil dinoflagellate cyst genus Svalbardella. S. clausii sp. nov. has a narrow range in the lowermost Chattian and may be related to cooler surface waters. S. kareniae sp. nov. ranges from Lower Oligocene to Lower Miocene and favours more open marine conditions.
Our study illustrates the close phylogenetic relationship between Svalbardella and Palaeocystodinium and shows that surface ornamentation and the tabulation are variable features within both genera.
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Short summary
We provide a sea surface temperature record from the Labrador Sea (ODP Site 647) based on organic geochemical proxies across the late Eocene and early Oligocene. Our study reveals heterogenic cooling of the Atlantic. The cooling of the North Atlantic is difficult to reconcile with the active Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). We discuss possible explanations like uncertainty in the data, paleogeography and atmospheric CO2 boundary conditions, model weaknesses, and AMOC activity.
We provide a sea surface temperature record from the Labrador Sea (ODP Site 647) based on...
