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Independent climate research places MCO warmth near 7.6 °C above preindustrial, broadly corroborating the claim’s magnitude. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: A critical role of ocean–sea ice interactions in the pronounced warmth during the Miocene Climatic Optimum · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:3f9d5ffab8625dd6625b09c24af8b2c03dc47ff6c60cadd9ec161395da924396

The reconstructed global mean surface temperatures of the MCO are estimated to have been 7.6 ± 2.3 °C warmer than pre-industrial condition, and have recently been constrained to 8–10 °C warmer based on an updated compilation of proxy records.