First plants cooled the Ordovician
First plants cooled the Ordovician
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DOI：
10.1038/ngeo1390
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
影响因子：
18.3
通讯作者：
Dolan, Liam
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作者：
Lenton, Timothy M.;Crouch, Michael;Dolan, Liam
奥陶纪晚期，结束于4.44亿年前，以冰川的开始为标志。非维管陆地植物的扩张加速了化学风化，并可能吸收了足够的大气二氧化碳，引发冰盖的生长。
The Late Ordovician period, ending 444 million years ago, was marked by the onset of glaciations. The expansion of non-vascular land plants accelerated chemical weathering and may have drawn down enough atmospheric carbon dioxide to trigger the growth of ice sheets.