[Stanford University] A new Stanford-led study offers the clearest picture yet of how some ocean life survived our planet’s biggest mass extinction while most animals did not.
Paleozoic
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Mid-Devonian Ocean Oxygenation Enabled The Expansion Of Animals Into Deeper-water Habitats
The oxygenation history of Earth’s surface environments has had a profound influence on the ecology and evolution of metazoan life.
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Dynamic Deep Marine Oxygenation During The Early And Middle Paleozoic
The Early Paleozoic radiation of diverse animal life is commonly connected to a well-ventilated global ocean. Yet the oxygenation history of Paleozoic deep oceans remains debated.
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Phanerozoic Biological Reworking Of The Continental Carbonate Rock Reservoir
Understanding the co-evolution of complex life with Earth’s geology is an enduring challenge. The rock record evidences remarkable correlations between changes in biology and the wider Earth system, yet cause […]