In addition, the research demonstrated the extent to which computer models can successfully simulate past climate events. (news.mongabay.com)
«Astronomical theory permits a very detailed evaluation of past climate events that may provide an analog for future climate.» (co2coalition.org)
The research team developed a new approach and was able to determine the duration of the onset of an important past climate event, the Paleocene - Eocene Thermal Maximum, PETM for short, 56 million years ago. (sciencedaily.com)