The Descent into the Icehouse
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Geographical Sciences
Abstract
see lead RO (Southampton)
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Dan Lunt (Principal Investigator) | |
Richard Pancost (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Lunt D
(2016)
Palaeogeographic controls on climate and proxy interpretation
in Climate of the Past
Lunt D
(2012)
A model-data comparison for a multi-model ensemble of early Eocene atmosphere-ocean simulations: EoMIP
in Climate of the Past
Lim J
(2021)
The Cenozoic history of palms: Global diversification, biogeography and the decline of megathermal forests
in Global Ecology and Biogeography
Kennedy-Asser A
(2019)
Assessing Mechanisms and Uncertainty in Modeled Climatic Change at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition
in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Kennedy A
(2015)
Atmospheric and oceanic impacts of Antarctic glaciation across the Eocene-Oligocene transition
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
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
Inglis G
(2015)
Descent toward the Icehouse: Eocene sea surface cooling inferred from GDGT distributions
in Paleoceanography
Inglis G
(2015)
Ecological and biogeochemical change in an early Paleogene peat-forming environment: Linking biomarkers and palynology
in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Inglis G
(2020)
A long-term, high-latitude record of Eocene hydrological change in the Greenland region
in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
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 |
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 | 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 |