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SUBMITTER: Frieling J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5336354 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frieling Joost J Gebhardt Holger H Huber Matthew M Adekeye Olabisi A OA Akande Samuel O SO Reichart Gert-Jan GJ Middelburg Jack J JJ Schouten Stefan S Sluijs Appy A
Science advances 20170303 3
Global ocean temperatures rapidly warmed by ~5°C during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM; ~56 million years ago). Extratropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs) met or exceeded modern subtropical values. With these warm extratropical temperatures, climate models predict tropical SSTs >35°C-near upper physiological temperature limits for many organisms. However, few data are available to test these projected extreme tropical temperatures or their potential lethality. We identify the PETM ...[more]