The climate of the future: clues from three million years ago

In the eighteenth century, James Hutton came up with a theory that revolutionized the science of geology, ‘The present is a key to the past’. But could the past also be a guide to our future? The world three million years ago was warmer than present. What might it tell us about global climate change in the near future?

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Publication status:
Published
Author(s):
Authors: Haywood, Alan, Williams, Mark

Date:
1 January, 2005
Journal/Source:
Geology Today / 21
Page(s):
138-143
Link to published article:
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2451.2005.00509.x