Tag Archives: Eocene

Computer model explains Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum via soil carbon release due to melting permafrost — well, maybe 0

Citation Robert M. DeConto, Simone Galeotti, Mark Pagani, David Tracy, Kevin Schaefer, Tingjun Zhang, David Pollard, and David J. Beerling, Past extreme warming events linked to massive carbon release from thawing permafrost, Nature 484(7392): 87–91 (05 April 2012) Orienting ourselves, timewise The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum was apparently the most significant such warming period during the [...]

Categories: Climate,Climate change,Global warming

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9 April 2012 – 11:10
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By BrainiYak

Why would we think that only prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) lived under the seafloor up to only 34 million years ago? — Perhaps this is an example of the pitfalls of reading science abstracts out of specialized context 0

Just because we haven’t seen it before does not mean that “it” wasn’t there, especially when “it” was everywhere else at the time Here’s the puzzle.  From the abstract: The deep biosphere of subseafloor basalts is thought to consist of mainly prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea). Here we report fossilized filamentous microorganisms from subseafloor basalts interpreted [...]

Categories: Science

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Published:
13 January 2012 – 12:15
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By BrainiYak