Mercury seen as suspect in extinctions

Friday, January 6, 2012 - 19:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

EDMONTON, Alberta, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- An extinction event 250 million years ago that killed nearly all marine species may have had a previously unsuspected chemical cause, Canadian researchers say.

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