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Convergent Cenozoic CO2 history

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Reconstructions of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 65 million years are heading towards consensus. It is time for systematic testing of the proxies, against measurements and against each other.

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Figure 1: Earth's Cenozoic atmospheric CO2 history by proxy.
Figure 2: Fossil materials recording Earth's past CO2 history.

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  1. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK

    David J. Beerling

  2. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, 06459, Connecticut, USA

    Dana L. Royer

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Beerling, D., Royer, D. Convergent Cenozoic CO2 history. Nature Geosci 4, 418–420 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1186

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