A study on the Sixth Mass Extinction titled "Relationship between extinction magnitude and climate change during major marine and terrestrial animal crises" has been published in the journal ...

Scientists agree that the Earth is currently undergoing the sixth mass extinction in its 4.6-billion-year history. A new study says that there may be a time lag between when humans implement ...

This illustration of an asteroid crashing into Earth could show what a mass extinction event was like earlier in the planet's history. The largest extinction event, the Great Dying, has been ...

Volcanic activity on an enormous scale in today's Siberia and the release of large amounts of greenhouse gases have long been debated as potential triggers of the mass extinction. Still ...

Since its formation about 4.5 billion years ago, the Earth has had five mass extinction ... Prof Kaiho pushed that timeline back, saying that 9 C warming is necessary to prevent such a disaster ...

Using the latest scientific techniques, researchers have been able to refine their estimates made in 2011, when they reported that the mass extinction happened in ... Traps in Russia to see how the ...

A definitive geological timeline shows that a series of massive volcanic explosions ... the second and largest of which coincides with the K-Pg mass extinction. Numerous other papers from his research ...

Fossils, scientific discoveries and tireless research efforts have gradually unveiled the mesmerizing tapestry of the dinosaur timeline. Their captivating ... The dawn of dinosaurs began with the ...

The largest mass extinction in the history ... a result of repeated eruptions of magma. The new timeline adds weight to the theory that the extinction was triggered by massive volcanic eruptions ...