Rapid Warming Likely Caused Largest Extinction Event Ever, Says Study
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Rapid Warming Likely
Caused Largest Extinction
Event Ever, Says Study The study, published in Science,
comes from scientists with the
University of Washington
and Stanford. Known as the "great dying,"
the event wiped out the majority
of animals in both the water and on land. It took place
252 million years ago. The new research connects
the mass-extinction to a
rise in the Earth's temperature. The event saw a
spike in temperature
of about 10°C. It could have happened
over the course
of hundreds of years. As water temperature rose,
the oceans lost oxygen. This caused up to 96%
of the Earth's marine
life to basically suffocate. Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian' Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian' Over the past 100 years,
the modern temperature
of the earth has
risen about 1°C. Without radical changes
in greenhouse gas emissions, Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian' Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian'
Caused Largest Extinction
Event Ever, Says Study The study, published in Science,
comes from scientists with the
University of Washington
and Stanford. Known as the "great dying,"
the event wiped out the majority
of animals in both the water and on land. It took place
252 million years ago. The new research connects
the mass-extinction to a
rise in the Earth's temperature. The event saw a
spike in temperature
of about 10°C. It could have happened
over the course
of hundreds of years. As water temperature rose,
the oceans lost oxygen. This caused up to 96%
of the Earth's marine
life to basically suffocate. Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian' Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian' Over the past 100 years,
the modern temperature
of the earth has
risen about 1°C. Without radical changes
in greenhouse gas emissions, Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian' Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian'