Oxygen-depleted toxic oceans had key role in mass extinction over 200 million years ago

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 09:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Changes in the biochemical balance of the ocean were a crucial factor in the end-Triassic mass extinction, during which half of all plant, animal and marine life on Earth perished, according to new research involving the University of Southampton.

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