Abstract
Considering the scientifically and politically agreed-upon benchmark for global warminglimits (i.e. "well below 2°C"), Marine Isotope Stage 11 (MIS 11), which occurredbetween ca. 426 and 396 thousand year ago, is an excellent case study to investigate thebehavior of Earth's climate under globally 2°C warmer-than-preindustrial temperatures.The upper South Atlantic is particularly important…