Archive for April 11th, 2008
Absence of Clouds Caused Cretaceous and Eocene Supergreenhouse
Posted by Paul, April 11th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
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Biological productivity controls cloud formation and may be the lever that caused supergreenhouse episodes during the Cretaceous and Eocene, according to Penn State paleoclimatologists.
“Our motivation was the inability of climate models to reproduce the climate of the supergreenhouse episodes of the Cretaceous and Eocene adequately,” said Lee R. Kump, professor of geosciences. “People have tried [...]

