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Geomagnetic reversal linked to mass extinction
2-21-2021 |
19
Scientists believe that a historic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may have proven catastrophic.
Mass extinctions follow 27-million-year cycle
12-14-2020 | 16
Scientists have determined that mass extinctions have occurred throughout history with striking regularity.
Mass extinction caused long-term disruption
9-30-2019 | 7
A new study has revealed how long it took for the world's oceans to recover after the death of the dinosaurs.
Mass extinction triggered age of the dinosaurs
4-16-2018 | 19
A new study has revealed that a devastating event may have been responsible for the dinosaurs' dominance.
Intense volcanism gave rise to the dinosaurs
6-20-2017 | 5
A mass extinction event 200 million years ago made it possible for the dinosaurs to dominate the planet.
Permian mass extinction 'could happen again'
3-25-2017 | 6
A catastrophic rise in temperature wiped out the vast majority of life on Earth 250 million years ago.
Could Planet Nine cause mass extinctions ?
3-31-2016 | 25
A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
Can mankind survive a 6th mass extinction ?
8-13-2015 | 25
Scientists have warned that the human race may be just as likely to disappear as a rare animal species.
Earth's sixth mass extinction may be underway
6-20-2015 | 20
With species disappearing in their thousands our planet may be on the verge of a mass extinction event.
Acid oceans blamed for worst mass extinction
4-12-2015 | 2
An extinction event known as the 'Great Dying' wiped out most of the life on Earth 251 million years ago.
Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs ?
2-23-2015 | 29
Scientists have suggested that dark matter might be the main culprit in mass extinction events.
Are we on the verge of a 6th mass extinction?
12-16-2014 | 18
Earth could see three quarters of its animal species go extinct within the next few decades.
Do magnetic flips cause mass extinctions ?
6-12-2014 | 55
The periodic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may play a key role in mass extinction events.
Earth on verge of sixth mass extinction
6-3-2014 | 105
Scientists have warned that we may soon be facing one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth's history.
Are we currently in a 6th mass extinction ?
6-2-2011 | 49
Some scientists believe we are experiencing a mass extinction equal to that which killed the dinosaurs.
On the brink: sixth mass extinction
3-6-2011 | 67
A new study has revealed that we may be on the verge of an apocalyptic mass extinction event.
Mass extinctions 'every 27m years'
7-14-2010 | 21
According to palaeontologists a mass extinction event occurs on Earth every 27 million years.
Humans could owe their existence to fish extinction
5-19-2010 | 8
Modern humans could owe their existence to a mass extinction of fish that happened 360 million years ago.
Antarctica was refuge in extinction event
12-5-2009 | 5
New fossil evidence has suggested that some land animals would have survived the end-Permian mass extinction 252 million...
Algae: a key player in mass extinctions?
10-22-2009 | 4
A new study suggests that algae could be responsible for the extinction of many of the world's prehistoric species, with...
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