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Scientists warn Earth is entering a sixth mass extinction
Scientists have long treated mass extinctions as events locked deep in the fossil record. That framing now feels less distant ...
The mass extinction that killed 80% of life on Earth 250 million years ago may not have been quite so disastrous for plants, new fossils hint. Scientists have identified a refuge in China where it ...
Mass extinctions, volcanism, and impacts: The geological extinction record : history, data, biases, and testing / Norman MacLeod -- Large igneous provinces and mass extinctions : an update / David P.G ...
Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of a ...
Mass extinction events represent intervals of abrupt, large‐scale loss of biodiversity that have repeatedly reshaped life on Earth. These crises are commonly linked to dramatic environmental ...
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With every extinction, we lose not just a species but a treasure trove of knowledge
The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.
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