What climate chaos occured in the eocene period?

3 Comments

1. 

   James E

   It is thought to be a major meteor or comet event that devastated life on earth and left a distinctive layer of debris that can be accurately defined as to time period if not cause.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocene
2. 

   thomas e

   Please clarify…Ive heard other epochs, but not that one
3. 

   gcnp58

   I think you mean this:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleocene-Eocene_Thermal_Maximum

   There was an article in Nature in the last few weeks that had some additional evidence for methane playing a role.