Cool link Terry, thanks. I'm gonna look into that PETM thing.
One comment on the article was a little over the top.
'The PETM is “one of the few examples in the natural record where we get changes in chemistry and temperature that are approaching what we’re seeing today,” Duncan said.'
Really? Approaching from what direction? re:
"... causing global sea surface temperatures to rise by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
The event changed global rainfall patterns, broiled and acidified the oceans, and killed up to 50 percent of the world’s deep-sea organisms."
Guess I'm just being picky; I think I get the point.
As an aside:
It wasn't until the end of the Eocene (~35Mya) that climate began approaching what we consider moderate.
Wolfman, protect those seamounts! With 5 billion people living by the coastlines, seamounts will be the only place left to grow food.
~~samwik
