Articles Tagged “impact”
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Prolonged Climatic Stress Main Reason for Mass Extinction 65 Million Years Ago, Paleontologist Says
Long-term climate fluctuations were probably the main reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs and other creatures 65 million years ago. This conclusion was reached by PD Dr. Michael Prauss, paleontologist at Freie Universitaet Berlin,…
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Environmental Disaster in Southern Spain Compared With Cretaceous Mass Extinction
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have compared the disaster caused by the Aznalcóllar spillage in the Doñana National Park in Andalusia 11 years ago with the biggest species extinction known to date. What…
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Targeting Sugars May Revolutionize Treatment Of Bone Disorders
Researchers in the United Kingdom and Germany are reporting that one of the most fundamental scientific beliefs about the structure of human bone is incomplete — a finding they say could have sweeping impact on…
