Effects of Rapid Global Warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary on Neotropical Vegetation

Jaramillo, Carlos; Ochoa, Diana; Contreras, Lineth; Pagani, Mark; Carvajal‐Ortiz, Humberto; M. Pratt, Lisa; Krishnan, Srinath; Cardona, A.; Romero, Millerlandy; Quiroz, Luis; Rodríguez, Guillermo; J. Rueda, Milton; de la Parra, Felipe; Morón, Sara; Green, Walton; Bayona, Germán; Montes, Camilo; Quintero, Oscar; Arias Ramírez, Rafael; Mora, Germán; Schouten, Stefan; D. Bermúdez, Hermann; E. Navarrete, Rosa; Javier Parra, Francisco; Alvarán, Mauricio; Luis Osorno, José; L. Crowley, James; Valencia, V.; D. Vervoort, Jeff

doi:10.1126/science.1193833

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Effects of Rapid Global Warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary on Neotropical Vegetation

Published in Science • Nov 11, 2010

Authors:

Carlos Jaramillo

Diana Ochoa

Lineth Contreras

Abstract

Temperatures in tropical regions are estimated to have increased by 3° to 5°C, compared with Late Paleocene values, during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, 56.3 million years ago) event. We investigated the tropical forest response to this rapid warming by evaluating the palynological rec...

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Extinction event

Temperate climate

Tropics

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