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11 Breaks tagged with extinction
The mammals of Madagascar have seen many human induced extinctions while increasing human influence mean many more may follow. We show that adding to the few...
We probably all know about the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, from an asteroid hitting the Yucatán peninsula. The impact caused tsunamis and...
Lessons from past warm periods in the Earth's history reveal that climate and atmospheric changes could lead to more intense seasonal rainfall, disturbing...
Ecosystems change over time. We devised a way to separate rapid and profound ecological changes from the slow, gradual turnover of species. We used fossil...
Many plant and animal species inhabit the world’s major tropical areas with new species being discovered each year. But the numbers of species differ greatly...
Overfishing has threatened many oceanic sharks and rays with extinction, however, there’s a gap in our knowledge. Our study is the first to provide...
We found indications that humans may have had a major impact on the extinction of cave bears in Europe during the last ice age. In our study, we found a...
The cause of the largest mass extinction in Earth history – termed “the Great Dying” – has long remained elusive. Our research demonstrates a causal link...
Coffee is a globally significant commodity and the source of livliehoods for millions of farmers worldwide. Our coffee crop plants, represent very recent...
The recent conversion of land to oil palm crops has produced catastrophic effects in Southeast Asia. Shocking images of orangutans left with no home, together...
Does specializing on particular resources restrict an organism’s ability to adapt to changing environments and increase its chances of extinction? Species...
