Oceanography
How did sharks survive the extinction disaster?
Not only survived natural disasters, sharks also survived the Big Five, a series of five mass extinction events that wiped out animal and plant species over millions of…
Extinction Disaster
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This is Earth's worst mass extinction disaster
This great extinction has lost 95% of marine life and 70% of land animals. Catastrophic environmental changes also formed during this period.
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Two years in the darkness of the Earth after the asteroid disaster
US scientists concluded that the Earth was dark for two years after being hit by an asteroid 65 million years ago, Phys.org reported yesterday.
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The extinction event took place at a tremendous speed
The catastrophe has wiped out almost all life on Earth more than 250 million years ago, and this event is happening at a faster pace than previously thought.
Archeology
The erupting ancient volcano caused a global extinction disaster
A previously unknown volcanic eruption has led to a global extinction disaster that occurred 260 million years ago. But recently it has been forced by Leeds University s…
Space science
Stephen Hawking warns people to leave Earth for the next 100 years
Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking has warned that humans must leave Earth in the next 100 years, otherwise facing the danger of extinction.