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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-747-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-747-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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31 Mar 2023
Research article |
| 31 Mar 2023
| 31 Mar 2023
On the climatic influence of CO2 forcing in the Pliocene
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK
Alan M. Haywood
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK
Julia C. Tindall
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK
Aisling M. Dolan
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK
Daniel J. Hill
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK
Ayako Abe-Ouchi
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8564, Japan
Wing-Le Chan
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8564, Japan
Deepak Chandan
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A7, Canada
Ran Feng
Department of Geosciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06033, USA
Stephen J. Hunter
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK
Xiangyu Li
Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geoscience, Wuhan, 430074, China
W. Richard Peltier
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A7, Canada
Ning Tan
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
Christian Stepanek
Alfred-Wegener-Institut – Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar and Meeresforschung (AWI), 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Zhongshi Zhang
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, 5007 Bergen, Norway
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Latest update: 23 Nov 2024
Short summary
Warm climates of the Pliocene (~ 3 million years ago) are similar to projections of the near future. We find elevated concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide to be the most important forcing for driving changes in Pliocene surface air temperature, sea surface temperature, and precipitation. However, changes caused by the nature of Pliocene ice sheets and orography are also important, affecting the extent to which we can use the Pliocene as an analogue for our warmer future.
Warm climates of the Pliocene (~ 3 million years ago) are similar to projections of the near...
