Southern Ocean biogenic blooms freezing-in Oligocene colder climates

Katharina Hochmuth; Joanne M. Whittaker; Isabel Sauermilch; Andreas Klocker; Karsten Gohl; Joseph H. LaCasce

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34623-9

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Southern Ocean biogenic blooms freezing-in Oligocene colder climates

Katharina Hochmuth,
Joanne M. Whittaker,
Isabel Sauermilch,
Andreas Klocker,
Karsten Gohl,
Joseph H. LaCasce

Affiliations

Katharina Hochmuth: School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester
Joanne M. Whittaker: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Isabel Sauermilch: Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
Andreas Klocker: Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo
Karsten Gohl: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Joseph H. LaCasce: Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34623-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A phase of unique turbulent oceanographic and tectonic circumstances during the Early Oligocene caused high productivity in the Australian Antarctic Basin and enabled the stabilization of colder global climates.

Published in Nature Communications

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