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All five of Earth's largest mass extinctions linked to global warming

All five of Earth's largest mass extinctions linked to global warming

22 May 2020

There have been five particularly large extinction events in Earth’s history, and for the first time all of them have been linked to global warming
Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

23 April 2018

A pair of mass extinctions struck in quick succession just before the dinosaur era, and the birth of a mountain range in South Africa may have been partly to blame

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