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Azolla event

Azolla event proper noun: a hypothesized palaeoclimatology event in the middle Eocene (49 million years ago), where large blooms of mosquito fern (azolla) caused mass-scale carbon sequestration which lead to the Late Cenozoic Ice Age and glaciation of the Antarctic.

Proper noun

the Azolla event

  1. A hypothesized palaeoclimatology event in the middle Eocene (49 million years ago), where large blooms of mosquito fern (azolla) caused mass-scale carbon sequestration which lead to the Late Cenozoic Ice Age and glaciation of the Antarctic.
    • Although at first it seems incredible, this mechanism alone—known as the Azolla Event—may have been enough to account for the rapid cooling that brought the Eocene to an end. There is enough carbon locked in the pickled tissues of Azolla at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean to have reduced the CO₂...2011, Colin Tudge, The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor, Hachette, →ISBN

Questions about Azolla event

What does Azolla event mean?
Azolla event means a hypothesized palaeoclimatology event in the middle Eocene (49 million years ago), where large blooms of mosquito fern (azolla) caused mass-scale carbon sequestration which lead to the Late Cenozoic Ice Age and glaciation of the Antarctic.
What part of speech is Azolla event?
Azolla event is a proper noun.

Words near Azolla event in the dictionary

  1. azolines
  2. azolitmin
  3. azolium
  4. azoliums
  5. azolla
  6. Azolla event
  7. azollaceous
  8. azollas
  9. azolo
  10. azolopyrimidine
  11. azolopyrimidines

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