Open AccessTiny Algae May Have Prompted a Mass Extinction
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo102539
Subject(s) - algae , extinction (optical mineralogy) , extinction event , environmental science , chemistry , environmental chemistry , biology , botany , mineralogy , environmental health , medicine , biological dispersal , population
Dead algae sinking to the ocean floor may have sequestered carbon 445 million years ago, triggering the glaciation that accompanied the Late Ordovician mass extinction.