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Louis Schipper
Excited about our new paper asking: Why does the growth of most life have an optimal temperature below 40°C? We argue the average maximum oceanic temperatures of <37°C for 2+ billion years drove evolution of the temperature optima of prokaryotes. 1/5
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McElwain, J. C., D. J. Beerling, and F. I. Woodward. "Fossil plants and global warming at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary." Science 285.5432 (1999): 1386-1390.