Large volcanic eruption may have caused the first mass extinction
Researchers in the U.S. and Japan say they may have found the cause of the first mass extinction of life on Earth.
Researchers in the U.S. and Japan say they may have found the cause of the first mass extinction of life on Earth.
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2017
0
142
In 2016, researchers published "slam dunk" evidence, based on iron-60 isotopes in ancient seabed, that supernovae buffeted the Earth—one of them about 2.6 million years ago. University of Kansas researcher Adrian Melott, ...
Astronomy
May 11, 2017
2
489
Earth's bedrock was severely beaten by hothouse climate conditions during one of the planet's mass extinctions some 200 million years ago. But the process also allowed life to bounce back.
Earth Sciences
May 8, 2017
0
13
A large set of tracks made by archosauromorphs in the Pyrenees mountain range may include a new type of footprint made by reptiles that lived 247 million years ago, according to a study published April 19, 2017 in the open-access ...
Archaeology
Apr 19, 2017
0
34
Australian National University biologists have found the first evidence of mass extinction of Australian animals caused by a dramatic drop in global temperatures 35 million years ago.
Evolution
Mar 23, 2017
9
309
You probably haven't given much thought to how you chew, but the jaw structure and mechanics of almost all modern mammals may have something to do with why we're here today. In a new paper published this week in Scientific ...
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2017
1
9
Researchers studying marine fossil beds in Italy have found that the world's worst mass extinction was followed by two other extinction events, a conclusion that could explain why it took ecosystems around the globe millions ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2017
0
31
The Earth has known several mass extinctions over the course of its history. One of the most important happened at the Permian-Triassic boundary 250 million years ago. Over 95 percent of marine species disappeared and, up ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 6, 2017
2
45
Exceptionally well-preserved fossil communities are always exciting, but some are more interesting than others. Fossils from particularly important times or environments can tell palaeontologists much more than those from ...
Archaeology
Feb 10, 2017
0
516
Fossils found in Morocco from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites, including rarely seen soft-body parts, may be previously unseen animals that left distinctive fossil 'footprints' around the ancient ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 17, 2017
0
29