An Early Eocene Hothouse

Extreme Climate and Underwater Landslides

Published in the EarthSphere Blog

Extreme Weather by CF Lovelace and WM House (©2023 Archean Enterprises, LLC: ArcheanArt)

Eons ago, when the world was younger, something unusual was happening deep below the surface of our planet’s oceans. The first hominids had not yet climbed down from their trees to roam African savannas, and evolution was much closer to the age of dinosaurs than today’s planet of apes. No…