The study, published in Scientific Reports, reveals astonishing details about how the global climate changed 233 million years ago, leading to a massive extinction in the seas of the Mesozoic era. The global “Carnian Crisis”, which lasted for two million years (from 234 to 232 million years ago), left its mark on the rocks of […]
Mass Extinctions
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Levels of Deoxygenation Similar to Current Ones Played a Key Role in Past Marine Extinctions
A new study warns that the current stability of marine ecosystems is likely more fragile than it appears. Ocean deoxygenation is expected to significantly increase in response to global warming and increased nutrient runoff from continents. Scientists have made a surprising discovery that sheds new light on the role low-oxygen conditions in the oceans, known […]
