The Miocene: The Future of the Past
Stockholm University · Swedish Museum of Natural History · +20 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern conditions, and many flora and fauna evolved into the same taxa that exist today. Miocene climate was dynamic: long periods of early and late glaciation bracketed a ∼2 Myr greenhouse interval—the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO). Floras, faunas, ice sheets, precipitation, p CO 2 , and ocean and atmospheric circulation mostly (but not ubiquitously) covaried with these large changes in climate. With higher temperatures and moderately higher p CO 2 (∼400–600 ppm), the MCO has been suggested as a particularly appropriate analog for future…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 21.14
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 783
Authors
23- MSMargret SteinthorsdottirCorresponding
Stockholm University, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Bolin Centre for Climate Research
- HKHelen K. Coxall
Stockholm University, Bolin Centre for Climate Research
- AMAgatha M. de Boer
Stockholm University, Bolin Centre for Climate Research
- MHMatthew Huber
Purdue University West Lafayette
- NBNatasha Barbolini
Stockholm University, Bolin Centre for Climate Research
Topics & keywords
- Climate change
- Climatology
- Biogeochemical cycle
- Climate model
- Antarctic ice sheet
- Geologic record
- Geology
- Ocean current
- Life below water