Marine Ecosystem Responses to Cenozoic Global Change

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 341; no. 6145; pp. 492 - 498
• Main Authors: Norris, R. D., Turner, S. Kirtland, Hull, P. M., Ridgwell, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 02.08.2013; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic ecosystems; Atmospherics; Biological Evolution; Carbonates; Cenozoic Era; Climate; Climate Change - history; Climate models; Earth; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Environmental impact; Geological time; Geology; Greenhouse Effect; History, Ancient; Intervals; Marine; Marine biology; Marine ecosystems; Oceans; Oceans and Seas; Paleoclimatology; Partial pressure; Reefs; REVIEWS; Seas; Seawater; Temperature; Tidal Waves; Vertebrates

The future impacts of anthropogenic global change on marine ecosystems are highly uncertain, but insights can be gained from past intervals of high atmospheric carbon dioxide partial pressure. The long-term geological record reveals an early Cenozoic warm climate that supported smaller polar ecosyst...