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Massive Underground Blobs May Tell Us Where the Next Mass Extinction Could Start
By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...
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Earth's last ocean crisis wiped out coral reefs - will it happen again?
A prehistoric carbon spike turned oceans deadly and wiped out marine life. Scientists say today’s CO₂ rise could cause the ...
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The Great Extinctions: How Earth’s Catastrophic Events Led to the Loss of Species
Earth's rich biodiversity, ranging from the depths of the oceans to the highest mountain peaks, has not always been as ...
One survey by NASA's Roman could unveil 100,000 cosmic explosions
Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 ...
‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long-shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa
Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...
Fossilized oysters hold key to mass extinction: Study finds event triggered by ocean pH drop
In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the ...
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The truth about de-extinction: is it even possible, and why do it?
Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation?