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Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth

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Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth. / Klages, J.P.; Salzmann, U.; Bickert, T. et al.
In: Nature, Vol. 580, No. 7801, 01.04.2020, p. 81-86.

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Klages, JP, Salzmann, U, Bickert, T, Hillenbrand, C-D, Gohl, K, Kuhn, G, Bohaty, SM, Titschack, J, Müller, J, Frederichs, T, Bauersachs, T, Ehrmann, W, van de Flierdt, T, Pereira, PS, Larter, RD, Lohmann, G, Niezgodzki, I, Uenzelmann-Neben, G, Zundel, M, Spiegel, C, Mark, C, Chew, D, Francis, JE, Nehrke, G, Schwarz, F, Smith, JA, Freudenthal, T, Esper, O, Pälike, H, Ronge, TA, Dziadek, R, Afanasyeva, V, Arndt, JE, Ebermann, B, Gebhardt, C, Hochmuth, K, Küssner, K, Najman, Y, Riefstahl, F, Scheinert, M & PS104, TSTOE 2020, 'Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth', Nature, vol. 580, no. 7801, pp. 81-86. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2148-5

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Klages, J. P., Salzmann, U., Bickert, T., Hillenbrand, C-D., Gohl, K., Kuhn, G., Bohaty, S. M., Titschack, J., Müller, J., Frederichs, T., Bauersachs, T., Ehrmann, W., van de Flierdt, T., Pereira, P. S., Larter, R. D., Lohmann, G., Niezgodzki, I., Uenzelmann-Neben, G., Zundel, M., ... PS104, T. S. T. O. E. (2020). Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth. Nature, 580(7801), 81-86. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2148-5

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Klages JP, Salzmann U, Bickert T, Hillenbrand C-D, Gohl K, Kuhn G et al. Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth. Nature. 2020 Apr 1;580(7801):81-86. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2148-5

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Klages, J.P. ; Salzmann, U. ; Bickert, T. et al. / Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth. In: Nature. 2020 ; Vol. 580, No. 7801. pp. 81-86.

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title = "Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth",
abstract = "The mid-Cretaceous period was one of the warmest intervals of the past 140 million years 1–5, driven by atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of around 1,000 parts per million by volume 6. In the near absence of proximal geological records from south of the Antarctic Circle, it is disputed whether polar ice could exist under such environmental conditions. Here we use a sedimentary sequence recovered from the West Antarctic shelf—the southernmost Cretaceous record reported so far—and show that a temperate lowland rainforest environment existed at a palaeolatitude of about 82° S during the Turonian–Santonian age (92 to 83 million years ago). This record contains an intact 3-metre-long network of in situ fossil roots embedded in a mudstone matrix containing diverse pollen and spores. A climate model simulation shows that the reconstructed temperate climate at this high latitude requires a combination of both atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations of 1,120–1,680 parts per million by volume and a vegetated land surface without major Antarctic glaciation, highlighting the important cooling effect exerted by ice albedo under high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. ",
author = "J.P. Klages and U. Salzmann and T. Bickert and C.-D. Hillenbrand and K. Gohl and G. Kuhn and S.M. Bohaty and J. Titschack and J. M{\"u}ller and T. Frederichs and T. Bauersachs and W. Ehrmann and {van de Flierdt}, T. and P.S. Pereira and R.D. Larter and G. Lohmann and I. Niezgodzki and G. Uenzelmann-Neben and M. Zundel and C. Spiegel and C. Mark and D. Chew and J.E. Francis and G. Nehrke and F. Schwarz and J.A. Smith and T. Freudenthal and O. Esper and H. P{\"a}like and T.A. Ronge and R. Dziadek and V. Afanasyeva and J.E. Arndt and B. Ebermann and C. Gebhardt and K. Hochmuth and K. K{\"u}ssner and Y. Najman and F. Riefstahl and M. Scheinert and PS104, {the Science Team of Expedition}",
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TY - JOUR

T1 - Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth

AU - Klages, J.P.

AU - Salzmann, U.

AU - Bickert, T.

AU - Hillenbrand, C.-D.

AU - Gohl, K.

AU - Kuhn, G.

AU - Bohaty, S.M.

AU - Titschack, J.

AU - Müller, J.

AU - Frederichs, T.

AU - Bauersachs, T.

AU - Ehrmann, W.

AU - van de Flierdt, T.

AU - Pereira, P.S.

AU - Larter, R.D.

AU - Lohmann, G.

AU - Niezgodzki, I.

AU - Uenzelmann-Neben, G.

AU - Zundel, M.

AU - Spiegel, C.

AU - Mark, C.

AU - Chew, D.

AU - Francis, J.E.

AU - Nehrke, G.

AU - Schwarz, F.

AU - Smith, J.A.

AU - Freudenthal, T.

AU - Esper, O.

AU - Pälike, H.

AU - Ronge, T.A.

AU - Dziadek, R.

AU - Afanasyeva, V.

AU - Arndt, J.E.

AU - Ebermann, B.

AU - Gebhardt, C.

AU - Hochmuth, K.

AU - Küssner, K.

AU - Najman, Y.

AU - Riefstahl, F.

AU - Scheinert, M.

AU - PS104, the Science Team of Expedition

PY - 2020/4/1

Y1 - 2020/4/1

N2 - The mid-Cretaceous period was one of the warmest intervals of the past 140 million years 1–5, driven by atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of around 1,000 parts per million by volume 6. In the near absence of proximal geological records from south of the Antarctic Circle, it is disputed whether polar ice could exist under such environmental conditions. Here we use a sedimentary sequence recovered from the West Antarctic shelf—the southernmost Cretaceous record reported so far—and show that a temperate lowland rainforest environment existed at a palaeolatitude of about 82° S during the Turonian–Santonian age (92 to 83 million years ago). This record contains an intact 3-metre-long network of in situ fossil roots embedded in a mudstone matrix containing diverse pollen and spores. A climate model simulation shows that the reconstructed temperate climate at this high latitude requires a combination of both atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations of 1,120–1,680 parts per million by volume and a vegetated land surface without major Antarctic glaciation, highlighting the important cooling effect exerted by ice albedo under high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

AB - The mid-Cretaceous period was one of the warmest intervals of the past 140 million years 1–5, driven by atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of around 1,000 parts per million by volume 6. In the near absence of proximal geological records from south of the Antarctic Circle, it is disputed whether polar ice could exist under such environmental conditions. Here we use a sedimentary sequence recovered from the West Antarctic shelf—the southernmost Cretaceous record reported so far—and show that a temperate lowland rainforest environment existed at a palaeolatitude of about 82° S during the Turonian–Santonian age (92 to 83 million years ago). This record contains an intact 3-metre-long network of in situ fossil roots embedded in a mudstone matrix containing diverse pollen and spores. A climate model simulation shows that the reconstructed temperate climate at this high latitude requires a combination of both atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations of 1,120–1,680 parts per million by volume and a vegetated land surface without major Antarctic glaciation, highlighting the important cooling effect exerted by ice albedo under high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

U2 - 10.1038/s41586-020-2148-5

DO - 10.1038/s41586-020-2148-5

M3 - Journal article

VL - 580

SP - 81

EP - 86

JO - Nature

JF - Nature

SN - 0028-0836

IS - 7801

ER -