Archive for August 22nd, 2013

Rising Mountains, Cooling Oceans Prompted Spread of Invasive Species 450 Million Years Ago

New Ohio University research suggests that the rise of an early phase of the Appalachian Mountains and cooling oceans allowed invasive species to upset the North American ecosystem 450 million years ago. The study, published recently in the journal PLOS ONE, took a closer look at a dramatic ecological shift captured in the fossil record […]