Archive for November 8th, 2022

WFS News: Geobiologists shine new light on Earth’s first known mass extinction event 550 million years ago

@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end of the Ediacaran Period some 550 million years ago. The […]