Mass Extinction

When an electromagnetic wave travels through a medium in which it gets attenuated (this is called an "opaque" or "attenuating" medium), it undergoes exponential decay as described by the Beer–Lambert law.

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Study reshapes understanding of mass extinction in Late Devonian era

Climate Extremes Likely to Drive Mass Extinction of Land Mammals in 250 Million Years

Mass Extinction Predicted: Extreme Heat Likely To Wipe Out Humans and Mammals in “Triple Whammy”

Mass Extinction: Entire Branches on Tree of Life Are Dying, Scientists Warn

Long-Standing Question Answered – How Mass Extinction Paved the Way for Oysters and Clams

Nature's great survivors: Flowering plants survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs

LOME’s Twist: Ancient Mass Extinction Event May Not Be So Strange After All

Ancient mass extinction may have driven millipedes to eat meat

Uncovering the Secrets of Mass Extinction – What Happens to Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity?

The Current Mass Extinction Is Already Far More Dire Than We Realized

Learning about what happens to ecology, evolution, and biodiversity in times of mass extinction

Had a volcano-driven mass extinction not occurred at the end of the Triassic 201 million years ago, we likely would have had something closer to an Age of Crocodiles than the Age of Dinosaurs that actually followed. Dinosaurs were volutionary copycats of these long-lost look-alikes.

Tree Roots May Have Set Off a Mass Extinction

Oldest ichthyosaur fossil hints they evolved before mass extinction

UV Radiation Contributed to Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction

Sea life recovered from Permian mass extinction faster than we thought

In the wake of history’s deadliest mass extinction, ocean life may have flourished

Mass Extinction Traced to Ozone Depletion: Fossil Pollen “Sunscreen” Evidence Emerges

UV radiation pulse played a role in a mass extinction event, fossilized pollen reveals

Ozone Layer Collapse Contributed to End-Permian Mass Extinction