New Fossil Data Suggest Climate Models May Underestimate Future Polar Warming (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

New Fossil Data Suggest Climate Models May Underestimate Future Polar Warming

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Fossilized foraminifera, such as these embedded in Tanzanian limestone, reveal that polar warming during the Eocene, a greenhouse period that offers a glimpse of our potential future climate, was greater than previously thought.

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Laura Cotton

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