The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), which resembles current and future warming, occurred 56 million years ago and was one of the largest and fastest global warming events in Earth’s history. Global temperatures increased by 5-8°C during this phase.
It was characterised by a rise in the seasonality of rainfalls, which caused a considerable amount of clay to be transported into the…
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