Mathematics predicts a sixth mass extinction: By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch mass extermination of species in future millennia -- ScienceDaily
Mathematics predicts a sixth mass extinction: By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch mass extermination of species in future millennia -- ScienceDaily: Mathematics predicts a sixth mass extinction
By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch mass extermination of species in future millennia
Date:
September 20, 2017
Source:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Summary:
Scientists have analyzed significant changes in the carbon cycle over the last 540 million years, including the five mass extinction events. They have identified 'thresholds of catastrophe' in the carbon cycle that, if exceeded, would lead to an unstable environment, and ultimately, mass extinction.
By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch mass extermination of species in future millennia
Date:
September 20, 2017
Source:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Summary:
Scientists have analyzed significant changes in the carbon cycle over the last 540 million years, including the five mass extinction events. They have identified 'thresholds of catastrophe' in the carbon cycle that, if exceeded, would lead to an unstable environment, and ultimately, mass extinction.