More information: Zhutong Zhang et al, Tempo of the Late Ordovician mass extinction controlled by the rate of climate change, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv6788 ...

The Ordovician period offers a detailed window into early marine ecosystems and climatic transitions, with palynology and microfossil biostratigraphy serving as key tools in reconstructing these ...

In a world obsessed with the apocalyptic hellfire of ‘carbon’ and the terror of an imperceptibly warmer climate nowhere near ...

A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

Biomass reveals the real impact and energy flow of life in an ecosystem, like knowing not just the cast of a play, but who ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

The study challenges the idea that the climate of northern Africa dried out around 3 million years ago, a time when the ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...