Mass extinction events are infamous, entirely destroying many species in one fell swoop. But this particular extinction event ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. In Earth's long history estimated 99% of all species ever living here went ...

a mass extinction is very likely underway. The evidence is pieced together from details drawn from all over the world, but it adds up to a disturbing picture. This time, unlike the past ...

The four previous mass extinctions were also thought to have involved climatic changes—due to large-scale volcanic eruptions, for example—and in one case obliterated all but 5 percent of species. (See ...

About 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide asteroid slammed into our planet and began a mass extinction that wiped out all the dinosaurs except for beaked birds, not to mention about 75 percent of ...

Extinction is a natural part of life on Earth. But occasionally, extinction rates have surged far beyond usual levels, driving mass extinction events that have reshaped the trajectory of life. After a ...

Nearly all the trees died ... trying to identify the killer responsible for the largest of the many mass extinctions that have struck the planet. The most famous die-off ended the reign of ...

38, No. 3, Summer 2024 On the Economics of Extinction and Possi... On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions This is the metadata ... "Overfishing Drives over One-Third of All ...

The current mass extinction differs from all others in being driven by a single species rather ... Humans’ impact has been so profound that scientists have proposed that the Holocene era be declared ...

a mass extinction is very likely underway. The evidence is pieced together from details drawn from all over the world, but it adds up to a disturbing picture. This time, unlike the past ...

About 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide asteroid slammed into our planet and began a mass extinction that wiped out all the dinosaurs except for beaked birds, not to mention about 75 percent ...