University of Michigan: Egyptian Fossil Surprise - Fishes Thrived in Tropics in Ancient Warm Period, Despite High Ocean Temperatures
May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on May 25, 2021:
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM, was a short interval of highly elevated global temperatures 56 million years ago that is frequently described as the best ancient analog for present-day climate warming.
Fish are among the organisms thought to be most sensitive to warming climates, and tropical sea-surface temperatures during the PETM likely . . .
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM, was a short interval of highly elevated global temperatures 56 million years ago that is frequently described as the best ancient analog for present-day climate warming.
Fish are among the organisms thought to be most sensitive to warming climates, and tropical sea-surface temperatures during the PETM likely . . .