Don't Panic Geocast

Episode 159 - "Dunkleosteus Art" Extinctions Part 1


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Extinctions are pretty common in the rock record, but there are 5 times in Earth’s past where more than 50% of the life on Earth died, these are known as mass extinctions. This week we talk about causes of mass extinctions and some of the strange life that existed.

Mass Extinctions
  • Ordovician Silurian Extinction
  • Devonian Extinction
  • Permian Triassic Extinction
  • The Dunkleosteus
Fun Paper Friday
  • How can microbes melt glaciers? Find out on this week’s Fun Paper Friday!
  • Ganey, Gerard Q., et al. “The role of microbes in snowmelt and radiative forcing on an Alaskan icefield.” Nature Geoscience 10.10 (2017): 754.
  • Paper From EarthArXiv
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