![]() ![]() “The need to understand strange events like the Carnian Pluvial Episode has taken on new urgency." The worst extinction in Earth’s history offers chilling predictions for the planet’s future-and for humanity’s efforts to keep climate doom at bay.Ī Climate Catastrophe Paved the Way for the Dinosaurs’ Reign When a Killer Climate Catastrophe Struck the World's Oceans On geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch. Humans could burn every living thing on the planet and still not dent its oxygen supply. Marizilda Cruppe / Amnesty International / Reuters Whether our civilization is transient or not, its effects on the living world will last forever. ![]() Our climate models could be missing something big. ![]() ![]() The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record Hidden in the tusk of a 34-year-old mastodon was a record of time and space that helped explain his violent death. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications.Įric Bronson / Michigan Photography / University of …Ī Mystery That Took 13,200 Years to Crack He is the author of The Ends of the World, about the biggest mass extinctions in Earth’s history. ![]()
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