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  2. Cretaceous Thermal Maximum - Wikipedia

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    From 250 to 150 Ma, Pangaea covered the Earth's surface, ... (SSTs) in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean were substantially warmer than today (~27-29 °C). [2]

  3. Geologic temperature record - Wikipedia

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    The geologic temperature record are changes in Earth's environment as determined from geologic evidence on multi-million to billion (10 9) year time scales. The study of past temperatures provides an important paleoenvironmental insight because it is a component of the climate and oceanography of the time.

  4. List of periods and events in climate history - Wikipedia

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    Older Peron warm and wet, global sea levels were 2.5 to 4 meters (8 to 13 feet) higher than the twentieth-century average 3900: 5.9 kiloyear event dry and cold. 3500: End of the African humid period, Neolithic Subpluvial in North Africa, expands Sahara Desert 3000 – 0: Neopluvial in North America 3,200–2,900: Piora Oscillation, cold ...

  5. Temperature record of the last 2,000 years - Wikipedia

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    During the 1,900 years before the 20th century, it is likely that the next warmest period was from 950 to 1100, with peaks at different times in different regions. This has been called the Medieval Warm Period, and some evidence suggests widespread cooler conditions during a period around the 17th century known as the Little Ice Age.

  6. History of climate change science - Wikipedia

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    Another 2021 study found that 98.7% of climate experts indicated that the Earth is getting warmer mostly because of human activity. [101] In 1988 the WMO established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with the support of the UNEP. The IPCC continues its work through the present day, and issues a series of Assessment Reports and ...

  7. Holocene climatic optimum - Wikipedia

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    The warm period was followed by a gradual decline, of about 0.1 to 0.3 °C per millennium, until about two centuries ago. However, on a sub-millennial scale, there were regional warm periods superimposed on this decline. [2] [3] [4] For other temperature fluctuations, see temperature record. For other past climate fluctuation, see paleoclimatology.

  8. Timeline of environmental history - Wikipedia

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    Bølling oscillation interstadial (warm and moist period) between the Oldest Dryas and Older Dryas stadials (cool periods) at the end of the Last glacial period. In places where the Older Dryas was not seen, it is known as the Bølling–Allerød warming. c.12,340 BC: c.11,140 BC: Cemetery 117: site of the world's first known battle/war. c ...

  9. Cretaceous - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, deep ocean temperatures were as much as 15 to 20 °C (27 to 36 °F) warmer than today's; [63] one study estimated that deep ocean temperatures were between 12 and 20 °C during the MKH. [64] The poles were so warm that ectothermic reptiles were able to inhabit them. [65]