A study suggests that hydrocarbons released from sedimentary basins formed part of a climatic feedback mechanism that exacerbated global warming during the Eocene epoch.
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Svensen, H. Bubbles from the deep. Nature 483, 413–415 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/483413a
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