ScreamName (He/Him)“The last time the earth was four degrees warmer….. there was no ice at either pole and sea level was 260 feet higher. There were palm trees in the Arctic. Better not to think what that means for life at the equator.” #climate #ClimateChange
Ecopolitidae@screamname Do we know what the equator was like during the Eocene? There are many unknown, unknowns but some evidence that the temperature equilibrated across the globe during times of high atmospheric CO2. Life in the tropics persisted. The transition, of course, will likely undo the fixed, brittle structures of man. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0272-2
Synchronous tropical and polar temperature evolution in the Eocene - Nature
A 26-million-year record of equatorial sea surface temperatures reveals synchronous changes of tropical and polar temperatures during the Eocene epoch forced by variations in concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide, with a constant degree of polar amplification.
@Ecopolitidae that is fascinating, and good to hear. I still think I’m gonna get away from the equator though just in case.
@screamname I’d definitely avoid Dallas if I were you.
@Ecopolitidae too late but I’m working on getting out of here!