15.3_cenozoic-t-2

Graph showing decrease of average surface temperature from 23 degrees Celsius 50 million years ago to 12 degrees Celsius near present.

Global average surface temperature over the past 70 million years.

Source: Earle (2016) https://opentextbc.ca/physicalgeologyearle/wp-content/uploads/sites/145/2016/03/cenozoic-t-2.png based on work by James Hansen and Root Routledge.

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