Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science
at Florida State University
at Florida State University
Oxygen depletion in ancient oceans caused major mass extinction – FSU EOAS Geology
Oxygen depletion in ancient oceans caused major mass extinction – FSU EOAS Geology
“Around 420 million years ago, a devastating mass extinction event wiped 23 percent of all marine animals from the face of the planet. For years, scientists struggled to connect a mechanism to this mass extinction.
Geology Assistant professors Seth Young and Jeremy Owens and graduate student Chelsie Bowman from Florida State University‘s Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science at FSU, part of the FSU College of Arts & Sciences, are now confirming what triggered this event.
Their study, published today in the journal Geology, resolves a longstanding paleoclimate mystery, and raises urgent concerns about the ruinous fate that could befall our modern oceans if well-established trends of deoxygenation persist and accelerate.”
Full article FSU News here : https://news.fsu.edu/news/science-technology/2019/08/30/oxygen-depletion-in-ancient-oceans-caused-major-mass-extinction/
Assistant Professor Seth Young, graduate student Chelsie Bowman and Assistant Professor Jeremy Owens studied the link between oxygen depletion and a mass extinction event. Photo credits FSU News.
Medias talk about it :
Weather Channel: https://weather.com/en-IN/india/science/news/2019-09-03-scientists-unravel-mystery-behind-extinction-420-millions-years-ago