Climate evolution through the onset and intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

EL McClymont, SL Ho, HL Ford, I Bailey… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pliocene Epoch (∼ 5.3–2.6 million years ago, Ma) was characterized by a
warmer than present climate with smaller Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, and offers an …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced ocean oxygenation during Cenozoic warm periods

A Auderset, S Moretti, B Taphorn, PR Ebner, E Kast… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Dissolved oxygen (O2) is essential for most ocean ecosystems, fuelling organisms'
respiration and facilitating the cycling of carbon and nutrients. Oxygen measurements have …

Biomarker proxies for reconstructing Quaternary climate and environmental change

EL McClymont, H Mackay… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To reconstruct past environmental changes, a range of indirect or proxy approaches can be
applied to Quaternary archives. Here, we review the complementary and novel insights that …

Lessons from a high CO2 world: an ocean view from ~ 3 million years ago

EL McClymont, HL Ford, SL Ho… - Climate of the Past …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
A range of future climate scenarios are projected for high atmospheric CO 2 concentrations,
given uncertainties over future human actions as well as potential environmental and …

The PhanSST global database of Phanerozoic sea surface temperature proxy data

EJ Judd, JE Tierney, BT Huber, SL Wing, DJ Lunt… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Paleotemperature proxy data form the cornerstone of paleoclimate research and are integral
to understanding the evolution of the Earth system across the Phanerozoic Eon. Here, we …

High sea surface temperatures were a prerequisite for the development and expansion of the Great Barrier Reef

B Petrick, L Reuning, A Auderset, M Pfeiffer, G Auer… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest reef system in the modern ocean. To date, the influence
of temperature on the origin and long-term evolution of the Great Barrier Reef remains …

Glacial indonesian throughflow weakening across the mid-pleistocene climatic transition

B Petrick, A Martínez-García, G Auer, L Reuning… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) controls the oceanic flux of heat and salt
between the Pacific and Indian Oceans and therewith plays an important role in modulating …

[HTML][HTML] The multifaceted history of the Walker Circulation during the Plio-Pleistocene

S Kaboth-Bahr, M Mudelsee - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Walker Circulation (WC) is an east-west trending band of atmospheric
circulation cells along the equator and the predominant controller of heat and moisture …

Latitudinal migrations of the subtropical front at the Agulhas Plateau through the mid‐Pleistocene transition

A Cartagena‐Sierra, MA Berke… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The meridional variability of the Subtropical Front (STF) in the Southern Hemisphere, linked
to expansions or contractions of the Southern Ocean, may have played an important role in …

[HTML][HTML] Plio-Pleistocene Perth Basin water temperatures and Leeuwin Current dynamics (Indian Ocean) derived from oxygen and clumped-isotope paleothermometry

D De Vleeschouwer, M Peral, M Marchegiano… - Climate of the …, 2022 - cp.copernicus.org
The Pliocene sedimentary record provides a window into Earth's climate dynamics under
warmer-than-present boundary conditions. However, the Pliocene cannot be considered a …