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Science Breakthrough: New Mass Extinction Has Been Identified – Here’s What Caused It

Mass extinctions are not discovered too often – this is more than obvious. These are some events that have been so devastating that they stand out in the fossil record, according to the website Phys.org. This extinction triggered the dinosaur…

September 17, 2020 ·by Rada Mateescu· 0

Ocean Deoxygenation Led To A Massive Extinction 440 Million Years Ago

A new study elaborated by a team of Stanford researchers argues that ocean deoxygenation led to a massive extinction, which took place more than 440 million years ago. It is theorized that the hostile anoxic conditions persisted for more than…

April 15, 2020 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Dinosaurs’ Mass Extinction Due To Massive Asteroid Explained In Details By Scientists

We all know that a massive asteroid collided with Earth about 66 million years ago. That enormous space rock caused the dinosaur mass extinction. That would’ve been the fifth mass extinction in Earth’s history. In new research, scientists from the…

September 15, 2019 ·by Vadim Caraiman· 0

The Worst Mass Extinction from Earth Caused by Burning Coal

History classes have thought us that the Earth has been through many events, including five mass extinction phases. As scientists tell us, nowadays, we are heading towards the sixth, so, in order to take urgent measures, you should know more…

March 13, 2018 ·by Asheley Rice· 0