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Warmer Climate May Have Contributed to Mammoth Extinction

Post author By Irina.Slav
Post date July 24, 2015
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Mammoths

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Tags climate change, Extinction, mammoth, megafauna, Pleistocene, warming

Volcanoes May Have “Helped” Drive Last Mass Extinction

Post author By Irina.Slav
Post date May 5, 2015
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Part of the Deccan Traps in Maharashtra, India

Tags asteroid, Deccan Traps, Earthquake, eruption, Extinction, plume head, volcanoes

Sixth Mass Extinction Suspected

Post author By Irina.Slav
Post date April 22, 2015
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Spitsbergen Mountains

Tags capitanian, dinosaurs, Extinction, Mass extinction

New Evidence Supporting Volcanoes as Cause for Mass Extinction and Rapid Climate Change

Post author By Sarah.Carrasco
Post date December 26, 2014

Dinosaurs at Deccan Traps Volcano

Tags archaeology, Deccan Traps, dinosaurs, Extinction, India, Mass extinction, Volcanism, volcano