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IntroductionWarm climates of the past—a lesson for the future? 20130146D. J. Lunt, H. Elderfield, R. Pancost, A. Ridgwell, G. L. Foster, A. Haywood, J. Kiehl, N. Sagoo, C. Shields, E. J. Stone & P. Valdes

ArticlesA 40-million-year history of atmospheric CO2 20130096Y. G. Zhang, M. Pagani, Z. Liu, S. M. Bohaty & R. DeConto

High-resolution alkenone palaeobarometry indicates relatively stable pCO2 during the Pliocene (3.3–2.8Ma) 20130094M. P. S. Badger, D. N. Schmidt, A. Mackensen & R. D. Pancost

Warm ocean processes and carbon cycling in the Eocene 20130099E. H. John, P. N. Pearson, H. K. Coxall, H. Birch, B. S. Wade & G. L. Foster

On the identification of a Pliocene time slice for data–model comparison 20120515A. M. Haywood, A. M. Dolan, S. J. Pickering, H. J. Dowsett, E. L. McClymont, C. L. Prescott, U. Salzmann, D. J. Hill, S. J. Hunter, D. J. Lunt, J. O. Pope & P. J. Valdes

The PRISM (Pliocene palaeoclimate) reconstruction: time for a paradigm shift 20120524H. J. Dowsett, M. M. Robinson, D. K. Stoll, K. M. Foley, A. L. A. Johnson, M. Williams & C. R. Riesselman

How warm was the last interglacial? New model–data comparisons 20130097B. L. Otto-Bliesner, N. Rosenbloom, E. J. Stone, N. P. McKay, D. J. Lunt, E. C. Brady & J. T. Overpeck

Sensitivity of the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum climate to cloud properties 20130093J. T. Kiehl & C. A. Shields

The Early Eocene equable climate problem: can perturbations of climate model parameters identify possible solutions? 20130123N. Sagoo, P. Valdes, R. Flecker & L. J. Gregoire

Long-term legacy of massive carbon input to the Earth system: Anthropocene versus Eocene 20120006R. E. Zeebe & J. C. Zachos

Climate sensitivity, sea level and atmospheric carbon dioxide 20120294J. Hansen, M. Sato, G. Russell & P. Kharecha

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