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Pub. Date
2005
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Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. Far less well-known is a much greater catastrophe that took place at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago: at least 90 percent of life was destroyed, both on land and in the sea. ... This book documents not only what happened during this gigantic mass extinction but also the recent rekindling...
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Investigates the cause of the so-called Permian extinction, which wiped out 95% of all life on Earth 250 million years ago. Archaeologists, historians and geologists discuss their findings about the nature of the 3-stage process. Filmed in South Africa, Siberia, Iceland, Greenland, Antarctica and the Alps. Reconstructions of volcanic eruptions.
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Pub. Date
©2006
Description
"Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95 percent of all living species died out - a global catastrophe far greater than the dinosaurs' demise 65 million years ago. How this happened remains a mystery. But there are many competing theories. Some blame huge volcanic eruptions that covered an area as large as the continental United States; others argue for sudden changes in ocean levels...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass extinctions and, in the process, offers us a glimpse of our increasingly dangerous future"--Publisher's website.
"A vivid tour of Earth's Big Five mass extinctions, the past worlds lost with each, and what they...
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