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Past extreme warming events linked to massive carbon release from thawing permafrost [1]

Orbitally triggered decomposition of soil organic carbon in terrestrial permafrost is suggested as an explanation for a series of sudden and extreme global warming events that occurred about 55 million years ago.

Publication Date: 
05/04/2012
Robert M. DeConto [2], Simone Galeotti [3], Mark Pagani & et al [4]
Nature [5]
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7392
87-94
Tags:
Climate Change [6], Climate Science [7], Global Warming [8], Carbon Dioxide [9], Italy [10], Green House Gases [11]
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