The effect of a Holocene climatic optimum on the evolution of the Greenland ice sheet during the last 10 kyr
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DOI: 10.1017/jog.2018.40
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Holocene climatic optimum was a period 8–5 kyr ago when annual mean surface temperatures in Greenland were 2–3°C warmer than present-day values. However, this warming left little imprint on commonly used temperature proxies… read more here.
Keywords: holocene; ice sheet; sheet; climatic optimum ... See more keywords
Tropical Warming and Intensification of the West African Monsoon During the Miocene Climatic Optimum
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DOI: 10.1029/2023pa004767
Abstract: Studying monsoon dynamics during past warm time periods such as the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO; ∼16.9–14.5 Ma) could greatly aid in better projecting monsoon intensity, in the context of future greenhouse warming. However, studies on… read more here.
Keywords: west african; intensification west; miocene climatic; climatic optimum ... See more keywords
Approaching the Miocene Climatic Optimum in Patagonia (Southern Argentina): Temperature Seasonality and a Potential Role for the Opening Drake Passage
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DOI: 10.1029/2025pa005100
Abstract: The Miocene Epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) is receiving increased attention because estimated pCO2 and its associated warmth is comparable to projections over the next century. Well‐constrained sea‐surface temperatures in the tropics and northern latitudes express amplified… read more here.
Keywords: miocene climatic; climatic optimum; model; drake passage ... See more keywords
North Pacific warmth synchronous with the Miocene Climatic Optimum
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DOI: 10.1130/g52432.1
Abstract: Peak Neogene warmth and minimal polar ice volumes occurred during the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO, ca. 16.95−13.95 Ma) followed by cooling and ice sheet expansion during the Middle Miocene Climate Transition (MMCT, ca. 13.95−12.8 Ma).… read more here.
Keywords: miocene climatic; climatic optimum; warmth; miocene ... See more keywords
Volcanic and orbitally forced carbon release during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum
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DOI: 10.1130/g52435.1
Abstract: The drivers of the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) remain enigmatic. Here we report a high-resolution terrestrial MECO record from the Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China. The record shows episodic Hg enrichments and a volcanogenic… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; meco; eocene climatic; climatic optimum ... See more keywords
Basal Primatomorpha colonized Ellesmere Island (Arctic Canada) during the hyperthermal conditions of the early Eocene climatic optimum
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280114
Abstract: Anthropogenically induced warming is transforming Arctic ecosystems across a geologically short timescale, but earlier episodes of Earth history provide insights on the nature and limitations of biotic change in a rapidly warming Arctic. Late early… read more here.
Keywords: early eocene; basal primatomorpha; climatic optimum; eocene climatic ... See more keywords