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07/30/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

A single volcanic eruption caused one of the planet’s most devastating mass extinctions, scientists discover

Geologists now believe that a massive volcanic eruption was the cause of the late Ordovician mass extinction. This is the second recorded biodiversity depletion out of five that scientists have recorded. Previous research has shown that an asteroid impact caused the fifth mass extinction, whereas the third and fourth mass extinctions were brought about by […]

04/27/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Mass die-offs accelerate across the planet, by 2020 two-thirds of wild animals will be wiped out

The planet’s animal population is rapidly dwindling, with about two-thirds expected to be wiped out by 2020, a recent analysis revealed. To carry out the study, researchers from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) compiled data on animal population and found that it declined by 57 percent between 1970 and 2012. The research […]

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