Climate science
Researchers look back further in time to mass extinctions, make new finds
The percentage of organisms lost is similar to these other events, including this ongoing one, paper says
27 November 2022 - 20:02
Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year, but according to new research, the first such event, caused by environmental changes, happened far earlier than previously thought...
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