Atmospheric CO2 effect on stable carbon isotope composition of terrestrial fossil archives

Vincent J. Hare; Emma Loftus; Amy Jeffrey; Christopher Bronk Ramsey

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02691-x

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Atmospheric CO2 effect on stable carbon isotope composition of terrestrial fossil archives

Vincent J. Hare,
Emma Loftus,
Amy Jeffrey,
Christopher Bronk Ramsey

Affiliations

Vincent J. Hare: Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Emma Loftus: Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Amy Jeffrey: Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Christopher Bronk Ramsey: Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02691-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The effect of CO2 concentrations on 13C/12C ratios in C3 plants, comprising most of Earth’s vegetation, is currently debated. Here, using ice core records and plant and animal fossils, Hare et al. find evidence for a pCO2 effect, with implications for palaeoecology and plant responses to climate change.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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