For Ancient Deep-Sea Plankton, a Long Decline Before Extinction
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 08:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A study of nearly 22,000 fossils finds that ancient plankton communities began changing in important ways as much as 400,000 years before massive die-offs ensued during one of Earth's great mass extinctions. This turmoil, in a time of ancient climate change, could hold lessons for the modern world.