Tag Archives: Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Microtektites as first seen in a sediment sample from the onset of the Paeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Click for a full size image Extraterrestrial Impact Preceded Ancient Global Warming Event A comet strike may have triggered the …

Methane ice worms. Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition. Click for a full size image Can melting of frozen methane explain rapid climate change 56 million years ago? New research, led by the University of Southampton, …