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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon dioxide, methane levels rise sharply in 2007]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane rose sharply in 2007, according to NOAA. The U.S. weather agency said that global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global climate change, climbed by 0.6 percent, or 19 billion tons in 2007.  Methane levels increased by 27 million tons after nearly a decade with little or no increase.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Past greenhouse warming events offer clues on future climate change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels continue on a "business-as-usual" trajectory, humans will have added about 5 trillion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere by the year 2400. A similarly massive release of carbon accompanied an extreme period of global warming 55 million years ago known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prehistoric bear-like beast discovered in North Dakota]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The skeleton of a 60-million year old bear-like beat was discovered at an oil drilling site in the North Dakota Badlands, reports the Associated Press.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Volcanoes linked to massive global warming event]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists have linked a sharp spike in ocean temperatures 55 million years ago to massive volcanic eruptions that created the North Atlantic Ocean when Greenland and northwestern Europe separated.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0426-petm.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Past global warming suggests massive temperature shift in our future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If past climate change is any indication, Earth could be in store for some significant global warming according to research published in the December 8, 2006, issue of the journal Science.  The work suggests that climate change skeptics may be fighting a losing cause. The study, led by Mark Pagani, associate professor of geology and geophysics at Yale, looked at an episode of rapid climate change that occurred some 55 million years ago.  Known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), the period was marked by a rapid rise in greenhouse gases that heated Earth by roughly 9 F (5 C), in less than 10,000 years.  The climate warming caused widespread changes including mass extinction in the world's oceans due to acidification and shifts of plant communities due to changes in rainfall.  The era helped set the stage for the "Age of Mammals," which included the first appearance of modern primates.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Worst mass extinction shifted entire ecology of the world's oceans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New research suggests that Earth's greatest mass extinction did more than wipe out an estimated 95% of marine species and 70% of land species; it fundamentally changed the ecology of the world's oceans. The study, published in tomorrow's issue of the journal Science, found that 'ecologically simple marine communities were largely displaced by complex communities', a shift that continues has continue since.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Past climate change caused dramatic shift in humidity, precipitation levels, temperature, and ocean water salinity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists have uncovered new evidence of dramatic changes in humidity, precipitation levels, temperature, and ocean water salinity during a past episode of global warming.  Analyzing plant fossils collected in the Arctic, a team of researchers led by Mark Pagani, professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University, found that water and atmospheric water vapor are a major indicator of the greenhouse changes.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0811-petm.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate change caused major disruption to past ocean currents]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Massive climate change 55 million years ago caused major disruption to ocean currents according to new research by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Massive climate change rocked ecosystems, animals 55 million years ago]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Continued increases in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere from the combustion of fossil fuels could trigger large-scale changes in global biodiversity and require thousands of years of recovery according to recent research on an extreme global warming episode 55 million years ago.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1114-petm.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate change brought tropical forest to Wyoming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Climate change 55 million years ago caused significant changes in forest composition and the distribution of mammals according to a new study in Science. The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, in which temperatures rose by as much as 10 degrees in a relatively short period of time, helped bolster the "Age of Mammals," which included the first appearance of modern primates. After an initial period of increasing aridity in northern latitudes like the study site of Bighorn Basin in northwestern Wyoming, it appears that forests transitioned towards warm tropical ecosystems with closely spaced trees, ideal for the evolution of primates.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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