Large-scale ocean deoxygenation during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
@article{Yao2018LargescaleOD, title={Large-scale ocean deoxygenation during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum}, author={Weiqi Yao and Adina Paytan and Ulrich G. Wortmann}, journal={Science}, year={2018}, volume={361}, pages={804 - 806} }
Fishin' gone? Because gas solubility decreases as temperatures increase, global warming is likely to cause oxygen loss from the oceans. This could have a detrimental impact on fish populations, the fishing industry, and global food availability. Have such impacts occurred before? Yao et al. report sulfur isotopic data from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, an interval around 55 million years ago when atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and global temperatures were also high. They…
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