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A sulphurous death for unlucky dinosaurs

Climate cooling associated with sulphur gases directly contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs, research at St Andrews has found.

Date
21 March 2022
Category
Research
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Acidic oceans

New international study confirms a long-held theory about the last great mass extinction event and the evolution of marine life.

Date
21 October 2019
Category
Research

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