Extreme Global Warming: Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
LOCATION
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
SPEAKER | Tracy Aze, University of Leeds.
ABSTRACT | 56 million years ago, the Earth experienced an extreme climate event, the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. This period has been attributed to a rapid increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and a global temperature rise between 5-8 ℃. Tracy will explore how the geological record can shed light on high CO2 worlds and what can be learned from Earth history as we look to a high CO2 future.
SPEAKER | Tracy Aze, University of Leeds.
ABSTRACT | 56 million years ago, the Earth experienced an extreme climate event, the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. This period has been attributed to a rapid increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and a global temperature rise between 5-8 ℃. Tracy will explore how the geological record can shed light on high CO2 worlds and what can be learned from Earth history as we look to a high CO2 future.