Examination of the five known mass extinction events in the geologic record and their ties to Earth's carbon cycle. Discusses the dynamics for each event, which species survived and why, and the ways climate change could contribute to...
Mass extinctions
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Auteur:Brannen, PeterSommaire: - Auteur:Kolbert, ElizabethSommaire:
Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to...
- Auteur:Kolbert, ElizabethSommaire:
À travers l’histoire, notre planète a connu cinq grandes extinctions de masse. Les scientifiques estiment aujourd’hui que nous nous dirigeons vers la sixième et la plus dévastatrice des extinctions depuis la disparition des dinosaures...
