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Megavolcanoes Tied to Pre-Dinosaur Mass Extinction

2013-03-21 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Scientists examining evidence across the world from New Jersey to North Africa say they have linked the abrupt disappearance of half of earth's species 200 million years ago to a precisely dated set of gigantic volcanic eruptions. The eruptions may have caused climate changes so sudden that many creatures were unable to adapt -- possibly on a pace similar to that of human-influenced climate warming today. The extinction opened the way for dinosaurs to evolve and dominate the planet for the next 135...

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