We have known for a long time that rapid CO2-induced global warming 56 million years ago caused extreme rainfall events and enhanced erosion of the landscape.
Our new work shows that this drove increased burial of eroded soil and plant organic matter, which could have removed some of that CO2.
Rage Against the Miocene
⚒️ Article: The burial of terrestrially-derived organic carbon in coastal marine sediments greatly increased during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The burial of terrestrially derived organic carbon in coastal marine sediments greatly increased during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, probably helping to draw down a large portion of carbon r...
