The Australian Expression of the Pliocene Warm Period, an Analog for Future Greenhouse Conditions

Grant number: DP130101829 | Funding period: 2013 - 2016

Completed

Abstract

Records of the planet's response to past climate are important for predicting the future under conditions of global warming. This project will assemble one such record but, in contrast to much existing data, it emphasises the palaeoclimate of southern Australian through a time interval widely regarded as an analog for our climate in the year 2100.

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