Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum had a 5.6° C jump (arstechnica.com)

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56 million years ago the climate event, known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), warmed the already-hot climate of the time by about 5.6° C due to a jump in atmospheric CO2.