The same volcanic eruptions that sundered Greenland from Western Europe and created Iceland also triggered intense global warming 55 million years ago, scientists say.
“There has been evidence in the marine record of this period of global warming, and evidence in the geologic record of the eruptions at roughly the same time,†said study team member Robert Duncan, an oceanic scientist at Oregon State University, “but until now there has been no direct link between the two.â€Â
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