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
Robinson S
(2016)
Early Jurassic North Atlantic sea-surface temperatures from TEX 86 palaeothermometry
in Sedimentology
Farnsworth A
(2019)
Past East Asian monsoon evolution controlled by paleogeography, not CO2.
in Science advances
Saupe EE
(2019)
Climatic shifts drove major contractions in avian latitudinal distributions throughout the Cenozoic.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Lunt DJ
(2013)
Warm climates of the past--a lesson for the future?
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Kennedy AT
(2015)
Atmospheric and oceanic impacts of Antarctic glaciation across the Eocene-Oligocene transition.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Fenton IS
(2016)
The impact of Cenozoic cooling on assemblage diversity in planktonic foraminifera.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Kennedy-Asser A
(2019)
Assessing Mechanisms and Uncertainty in Modeled Climatic Change at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition
in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Inglis G
(2015)
Descent toward the Icehouse: Eocene sea surface cooling inferred from GDGT distributions
in Paleoceanography
Armstrong H
(2016)
Hadley circulation and precipitation changes controlling black shale deposition in the Late Jurassic Boreal Seaway
in Paleoceanography
Dunne E
(2020)
Climatic drivers of latitudinal variation in Late Triassic tetrapod diversity
in Palaeontology
Inglis G
(2020)
A long-term, high-latitude record of Eocene hydrological change in the Greenland region
in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Inglis G
(2015)
Ecological and biogeochemical change in an early Paleogene peat-forming environment: Linking biomarkers and palynology
in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Srivastava G
(2021)
Climate and vegetation change during the Upper Siwalik-a study based on the palaeobotanical record of the eastern Himalaya
in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
Saupe E
(2019)
Extinction intensity during Ordovician and Cenozoic glaciations explained by cooling and palaeogeography
in Nature Geoscience
Martínez-Botí MA
(2015)
Plio-Pleistocene climate sensitivity evaluated using high-resolution CO2 records.
in Nature
Anagnostou E
(2016)
Changing atmospheric CO2 concentration was the primary driver of early Cenozoic climate.
in Nature
Lim J
(2021)
The Cenozoic history of palms: Global diversification, biogeography and the decline of megathermal forests
in Global Ecology and Biogeography
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
Farnsworth A
(2019)
Climate Sensitivity on Geological Timescales Controlled by Nonlinear Feedbacks and Ocean Circulation
in Geophysical Research Letters
Tabor C
(2016)
The cause of Late Cretaceous cooling: A multimodel-proxy comparison
in Geology
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
Inglis G
(2017)
Mid-latitude continental temperatures through the early Eocene in western Europe
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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
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 | 09/2017 |
End | 08/2022 |
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 |