Large influence of dust on the Precambrian climate

oleh: Peng Liu, Yonggang Liu, Yiran Peng, Jean-François Lamarque, Mingxing Wang, Yongyun Hu

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-09-01

Deskripsi

Dust emissions are likely to increase significantly when land vegetation is absent, such as during the Precambrian period. Here, the authors use climate simulations to find that high dust emissions in the Precambrian could have cooled the global climate by ~10 °C.