J C Zachos

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Climate response to orbital forcing across the Oligocene-Miocene boundary
    J C Zachos
    Earth Sciences Department, Center for Dynamics and Evolution of the Land Sea Interface, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Science 292:274-8. 2001
  2. ncbi Trends, rhythms, and aberrations in global climate 65 Ma to present
    J Zachos
    Earth Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Science 292:686-93. 2001
  3. ncbi An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and carbon-cycle dynamics
    James C Zachos
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95060, USA
    Nature 451:279-83. 2008
  4. ncbi A humid climate state during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum
    Gabriel J Bowen
    Earth Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
    Nature 432:495-9. 2004
  5. ncbi Palaeoclimatology: tropical temperatures in greenhouse episodes
    James C Zachos
    Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
    Nature 419:897-8; discussion 898. 2002
  6. ncbi The Palaeocene-Eocene carbon isotope excursion: constraints from individual shell planktonic foraminifer records
    James C Zachos
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 365:1829-42. 2007
  7. ncbi Marked decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations during the Paleogene
    Mark Pagani
    Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
    Science 309:600-3. 2005
  8. ncbi Environmental precursors to rapid light carbon injection at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary
    Appy Sluijs
    Palaeoecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Nature 450:1218-21. 2007
  9. ncbi Oceans. Carbon emissions and acidification
    Richard E Zeebe
    Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    Science 321:51-2. 2008

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Climate response to orbital forcing across the Oligocene-Miocene boundary
    J C Zachos
    Earth Sciences Department, Center for Dynamics and Evolution of the Land Sea Interface, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Science 292:274-8. 2001
    ..The anomaly, which consists of low-amplitude variance in obliquity (a node) and a minimum in eccentricity, results in an extended period ( approximately 200 ky) of low seasonality orbits favorable to ice-sheet expansion on Antarctica...
  2. ncbi Trends, rhythms, and aberrations in global climate 65 Ma to present
    J Zachos
    Earth Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Science 292:686-93. 2001
    ..We also consider how this improved perspective has led to the recognition of previously unforeseen mechanisms for altering climate...
  3. ncbi An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and carbon-cycle dynamics
    James C Zachos
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95060, USA
    Nature 451:279-83. 2008
  4. ncbi A humid climate state during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum
    Gabriel J Bowen
    Earth Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
    Nature 432:495-9. 2004
    ..A more humid atmosphere helps to explain PETM temperatures, but the ultimate mechanisms underlying the shift remain unknown...
  5. ncbi Palaeoclimatology: tropical temperatures in greenhouse episodes
    James C Zachos
    Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
    Nature 419:897-8; discussion 898. 2002
  6. ncbi The Palaeocene-Eocene carbon isotope excursion: constraints from individual shell planktonic foraminifer records
    James C Zachos
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 365:1829-42. 2007
    ....
  7. ncbi Marked decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations during the Paleogene
    Mark Pagani
    Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
    Science 309:600-3. 2005
    ..The fall in pCO2 likely allowed for a critical expansion of ice sheets on Antarctica and promoted conditions that forced the onset of terrestrial C4 photosynthesis...
  8. ncbi Environmental precursors to rapid light carbon injection at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary
    Appy Sluijs
    Palaeoecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Nature 450:1218-21. 2007
    ....
  9. ncbi Oceans. Carbon emissions and acidification
    Richard E Zeebe
    Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    Science 321:51-2. 2008