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Mass extinctions led to low species diversity, dinosaur rule
Two of Earth’s five mass extinction events — times when more than half of the world’s species died — resulted in the survival of a low number of so-called ‘weedy’ species that spread their sameness across the world as the … Continue reading
Volcanology: Vulcan rule beneath the sea
Nature Geoscience 10, 251 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2929 Author: Deborah Kelley Over 70% of the volcanism on Earth occurs beneath an ocean veil. Now, robotic- and fibre-optic-based technologies are beginning to reveal this deep environment and identify subaqueous volcanoes as rich sources … Continue reading