About this Research Topic
Carbon Dioxide-induced environmental change was responsible for habitat loss particularly in shallow water marine environments during much of the Paleozoic–Cenozoic (e.g. Permo-Triassic Boundary Event, Triassic–Jurassic Boundary Event, Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum and many more). Among these changes are ocean pH changes (often referred to as ocean acidification), global warming, increased weathering and nutrient supply to the oceans, anoxia, and mass extinction. This impact to shallow water environments may be more apparent in tropical and sub-tropical habitats since they are potentially more vulnerable to environmental change compared to those from temperate or boreal habitats. Many of these geological events, associated with increasing CO2 in the atmosphere, are assumed to be closely linked to the emplacement of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) highlighting the significant role and impact of volcanic activity on global biogeochemical cycles, environments and ecosystems.
The aim of this Research Topic is to collect studies highlighting the impact of elevated CO2 in the geological record with an emphasis on the response in shallow water environments from high and low latitude records. Such data collection is crucial to understanding the impact on and to these shallow marine environments in the current climate crisis. This data could offer insights into potential mitigation and adaptation strategies to help reduce the damage of on-going anthropogenically induced climatic change.
The intention of this Research Topic is to collect articles that document the effects, on shallow marine environments, of the environmental change linked to elevated CO2 levels in the atmosphere. These multidisciplinary studies may include sedimentological analyses and facies changes; extinction and recovery trends of macro and micro-benthic communities and geochemical analyses of sediment and fossil to reconstruct temperature and biogeochemical changes during these intervals. We also welcome manuscripts that highlight the link between LIPs volcanism and climatic changes. Authors will be free to submit papers on any geological time interval.
The aim of this Research Topic is to collect studies highlighting the impact of elevated CO2 in the geological record with an emphasis on the response in shallow water environments from high and low latitude records. Such data collection is crucial to understanding the impact on and to these shallow marine environments in the current climate crisis. This data could offer insights into potential mitigation and adaptation strategies to help reduce the damage of on-going anthropogenically induced climatic change.
The intention of this Research Topic is to collect articles that document the effects, on shallow marine environments, of the environmental change linked to elevated CO2 levels in the atmosphere. These multidisciplinary studies may include sedimentological analyses and facies changes; extinction and recovery trends of macro and micro-benthic communities and geochemical analyses of sediment and fossil to reconstruct temperature and biogeochemical changes during these intervals. We also welcome manuscripts that highlight the link between LIPs volcanism and climatic changes. Authors will be free to submit papers on any geological time interval.
Keywords: environmental changes, shallow water environment, volcanic activity, LIPs, CO2
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