Maps (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Maps

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Reconstructed surface air temperature (left) and rainfall amount (right) during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum warming event, 56 million years ago. The maps were created by blending geological data with climate model simulations using a technique called paleoclimate data assimilation.

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Jessica Tierney

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