#massextinctions — Public Fediverse posts

The Chicxulub Craters and the Anthropocene Holocausts were choosing players. Of course the Craters chose a massive asteroid to be on their #side. The Holocausts countered by choosing fossil fuel consumption. Then the Craters chose massive volcanic eruptions, so of course the Holocausts chose aquifer depletion. They met the Craters' acidified oceans with thinning sea ice--and so it went.

It's going to be the extinction match of the ages.

#wss366 #microfiction #ClimateChange #MassExtinctions

Survival of the newest: The #mammals that survive #MassExtinctions aren't as 'boring' as scientists thought https://phys.org/news/2023-10-survival-mammals-survive-mass-extinctions.html

Derived #faunivores are the forerunners of major #synapsid radiations https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02200-y

"the species that survived aren't as generic as #scientists had thought: instead, having new and different traits can be the key to succeeding in the aftermath of a catastrophe."

Introduction

I am a lover of #palaeontology (but I'm not professional or even formally educated) particularly interested in all things #dinosaurs, early #evolution & mass extinctions. My favourite dinosaur is Giraffatitan

I am also interested in mental health due to my own lived experience of bipolar 1. I am also autistic. Both have a big impact on me so I do talk about them a lot.

Massive animal lover. Favourite animal is the pangolin. At home I have rabbits & guinea pigs who I love to talk about. But I love most animals so always happy to see & talk about any of them

Musician trained as a viola player, I also play tuba/e flat bass in a brass band. I haven't played viola or violin properly in years but I do want to get back to that.

Qualified nail technician, but not really here for that.

#paleontology #MassExtinctions #MentalHealth #Bipolar #autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AnimalLover #pangolin #rabbits #GuineaPigs #music #musician #ViolaPlayer #violinist #Tuba #BrassBand #NailTech

#MassExtinctions in the history of #life: Significance of #NASAs #Artemis #Moon and #Planetary Defence #DART Missions. | #Evolution and #extinction of new species have gone hand in hand since life began on #earth However, there have been at least five episodes of large-scale extinctions of life-forms in the past 500 million years. In these episodes, more than three-quarters of the existing species got eliminated....

https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/environment/mass-extinctions-in-the-history-of-life-significance-of-nasas-artemis-moon-and-planetary-defence-dart-missions/

Introduction

I am a lover of paleontology (but I'm not professional or even formally educated) particularly interested in all things dinosaurs, early evolution & mass extinctions. My favourite dinosaur is Giraffatitan

I am also interested in mental health due to my own lived experience of bipolar 1. I am also autistic. Both have a big impact on me so I do talk about them a lot.

Massive animal lover. Favourite animal is the pangolin. At home I have rabbits & guinea pigs who I love to talk about. But I love most animals so always happy to see & talk about any of them

Musician trained as a viola player, I also play tuba/e flat bass in a brass band. I haven't played viola or violin properly in years but I do want to get back to that.

Qualified nail technician, but not really here for that.

#paleontology #dinosaurs #MassExtinctions #MentalHealth #Bipolar #autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AnimalLover #pangolin #rabbits #GuineaPigs #music #musician #ViolaPlayer #violinist #Tuba #BrassBand #NailTech