Open AccessHow Modern Emissions Compare to Ancient, Extinction-Level Events
Author(s) -
Kate Wheeling
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo142456
Subject(s) - extinction (optical mineralogy) , extinction event , environmental science , history , paleontology , geology , sociology , demography , biological dispersal , population
Researchers find that a pulse of volcanic activity spanning several hundred years released as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as anthropogenic emissions projections for the 21st century.
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