More information: Zhutong Zhang et al, Tempo of the Late Ordovician mass extinction controlled by the rate of climate change, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv6788 ...

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The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of ...

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Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

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The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience community and the public. Among them, the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME ...