Climate Conundrum: A Wet or Dry European and Northern African Climate During the Middle Miocene

Abstract End of 21st‐century hydroclimate projections suggest an expansion of subtropical dry zones, with Mediterranean and Sahel regions becoming much drier. However, paleobotanical assemblage evidence from the middle Miocene (17‐12 Ma), suggests both regions were instead humid environments. Here w...

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Main Authors: R. P. Acosta, N. J. Burls, M. J. Pound, C. D. Bradshaw, J. McCoy, M. Gibson, J. M. K. O’Keefe, S. J. Feakins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109499
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