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Oct 02, 2011
Researchers to Dig Deep Into Wyoming Basin for Global Warming Clues
About 55 million years ago, the Earth burped up a massive release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere – an amount equivalent to burning all the petroleum and other fossil fuels that exist today. “And we don’t know where it came from,” says University of New Hampshire’s Will Clyde, associate professor of geology. “This is a big part of the carbon cycle that affected the climate system, and we... Read morePosted in: Engineering & Physical Sciences, Sustainability & the Environment, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
Tags: 2011, atmospheric carbon dioxide. hyperthermal event, Bighorn Basin, carbon cycle, climate, Dept. of Earth Sciences, geology, global warming, National Science Foundation, NSF, Will Clyde, Wyoming