Open AccessHow Did Life Recover After Earth’s Worst-Ever Mass Extinction?
Author(s) -
Lucas Joel
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 - 10.1029/2018eo109093
Subject(s) - extinction event , extinction (optical mineralogy) , permian–triassic extinction event , earth (classical element) , astrobiology , brewing , environmental science , period (music) , geology , earth science , paleontology , chemistry , philosophy , biology , physics , astronomy , demography , food science , aesthetics , sociology , biological dispersal , population , fermentation
Ocean animals at the top of the food chain recovered first after a cataclysm at the end of the Permian period. The extinction was triggered by events resembling the changes brewing in today's oceans.