A new model of the Earth's climate 50 million years ago is revealing worrisome clues about what our future could look like
- Fifty million years ago, during a period called the Eocene, the planet was 25 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than it is today.
- Modeling periods like the Eocene can help scientists make better predictions about the future impacts of climate change.
- But scientists hadn't ever accurately mapped out the Eocene's climate based on geological data — until now.
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To predict the future, it can help to look at the past.
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