Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 on Nostr: Mass #extinction event 260 million years ago resulted from #climatechange, studies ...

Mass #extinction event 260 million years ago resulted from #climatechange, studies say
#Ocean stagnation, #ecosystem collapses, and #volcano eruptions all played a role.
This Capitanian #massextinction was once lumped in with the “#GreatDying” of the end-Permian mass extinction, but the lesser-known extinction occurred 8–10 million years earlier. It may not have been great, but it was quite lethal, seeing as many as 62% of species go extinct!
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/studies-reveal-causes-of-a-lesser-known-mass-extinction-about-260-million-years-ago/