The Descent into the Icehouse
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Geographical Sciences
Abstract
see lead RO (Southampton)
Organisations
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| Dan Lunt (Principal Investigator) | |
| Richard Pancost (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Farnsworth A
(2019)
Past East Asian monsoon evolution controlled by paleogeography, not CO2.
in Science advances
MartÃnez-Botà M
(2015)
Plio-Pleistocene climate sensitivity evaluated using high-resolution CO2 records
in Nature
Kamikuri S
(2017)
Radiolarian Biostratigraphy from Middle Miocene to Late Pleistocene in the Japan Sea
in Paleontological Research
Taylor K
(2013)
Re-evaluating modern and Palaeogene GDGT distributions: Implications for SST reconstructions
in Global and Planetary Change
Zhang Y
(2016)
Ring Index: A new strategy to evaluate the integrity of TEX 86 paleothermometry
in Paleoceanography
Inglis G
(2019)
Terrestrial environmental change across the onset of the PETM and the associated impact on biomarker proxies: A cautionary tale
in Global and Planetary Change
Valdes P
(2017)
The BRIDGE HadCM3 family of climate models: HadCM3@Bristol v1.0
in Geoscientific Model Development
Tabor C
(2016)
The cause of Late Cretaceous cooling: A multimodel-proxy comparison
in Geology
Lim J
(2021)
The Cenozoic history of palms: Global diversification, biogeography and the decline of megathermal forests
in Global Ecology and Biogeography
Xiong Z
(2020)
The early Eocene rise of the Gonjo Basin, SE Tibet: From low desert to high forest
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
| Description | Compilation and generation of new data confirms that tropical sea surface temperatures did decreased during the Eocene during a time of global cooling. Although SSTs changed by only a small amount, this indicates that a tropical thermostat (in the strictest sense) did not exist. Also modelling work that indicates that this decrease was due to CO2, rather than changing tectonics. |
| Exploitation Route | Developing collaborations with renewable energy sector: Our results highlight the important role of atmospheric carbon dioxide as a climate driver, emphasising the need to move to a carbon neutral economy. |
| Sectors | Environment |
| Description | NERC Large Grant |
| Amount | £2,318,987 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/P01903X/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 08/2022 |
| Title | Data for: A long-term, high-latitude record of Eocene hydrological change in the Greenland region |
| Description | The following supplementary information includes additional figures (Figure S1-S3) and datasets. Dataset S1, which is uploaded separately, contains 8 tables: Table 1: Temperature and precipitation data obtained via HadCM3L Table 2: Plant-derived n-alkane distributions at ODP Site 913 during Eocene Table 3: Plant-derived di- and triterpenoids at ODP Site 913 during the Eocene Table 4: Hopanoid thermal maturity parameters at ODP Site 913 during the Eocene Table 5: GDGT distributions and temperature estimates at ODP Site 913 during the Eocene Table 6: Hydrogen isotopic composition of leaf wax biomarkers at ODP Site 913 during the Eocene Table 7: Apparent fractionations between leaf wax and source water compared between major taxanomic categories in modern plants Table 8: Estimates of modern-day precipitation d2Hprecip for locations on the Greenland coast. Estimates are derived from the Online Isotopes in Precipitation Calculator (Bowen, 2016) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/754m8ysnxh/1 |
| Title | Data for: A long-term, high-latitude record of Eocene hydrological change in the Greenland region |
| Description | The following supplementary information includes additional figures (Figure S1-S3) and datasets. Dataset S1, which is uploaded separately, contains 8 tables: Table 1: Temperature and precipitation data obtained via HadCM3L Table 2: Plant-derived n-alkane distributions at ODP Site 913 during Eocene Table 3: Plant-derived di- and triterpenoids at ODP Site 913 during the Eocene Table 4: Hopanoid thermal maturity parameters at ODP Site 913 during the Eocene Table 5: GDGT distributions and temperature estimates at ODP Site 913 during the Eocene Table 6: Hydrogen isotopic composition of leaf wax biomarkers at ODP Site 913 during the Eocene Table 7: Apparent fractionations between leaf wax and source water compared between major taxanomic categories in modern plants Table 8: Estimates of modern-day precipitation d2Hprecip for locations on the Greenland coast. Estimates are derived from the Online Isotopes in Precipitation Calculator (Bowen, 2016) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/754m8ysnxh |
| Title | Sea surface temperature estimates for sediment core 127-797, Japan Sea |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.879740 |
| Title | Sea surface temperature estimates for sediment core 346-U1425, Japan Sea |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.879741 |
| Description | Bristol ChemLABS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |