ESS200A
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Tectonic-Scale Climate Change
qThe faint young Sun paradox and its possible explanation.
qWhy was Earth ice-free even at the poles 100 Myr ago (the Mesozoic Era)?
qWhat caused Earth’s climate to cool over the last 55 Myr (the Cenozoic Era)?
Ice-free Earth
(from Earth’s Climate: Past
and Future)