As they became more crowded after the dinosaur extinction event, the forest created layers of trees and plants, leading to the formation of an understory and a canopy. Some plants, like grapes ...

As they became more crowded after the dinosaur extinction event, the forest created layers of trees and plants, leading to the formation of an understory and a canopy. Some plants, like grapes ...

Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Event. You will find this mass extinction event referred to in a few different ways including the end-Triassic mass extinction (ETME) and Triassic-Jurassic (Tr-J ...

More information: Lauren O'Connor, Terrestrial evidence for volcanogenic sulfate-driven cooling event ~30 ka before the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction, Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10. ...

An artist's 3D rendering illustrating the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. Inset, grapes are seen in a vineyard. A new study has shed light on how the grape plant family spread ...

66 million years ago, a cataclysmic event shook the Earth. A massive asteroid impact led to the extinction of diverse life forms from the planet, including the mighty dinosaurs. But amidst the ...

Whether volcanic activity played a major role in the dinosaur extinction remains up for debate, but the German researchers did find evidence to rule out that the impactor could have been an icy comet.

Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to literally save the planet.

The dinosaur extinction occurred 66 million years ago. Coincidence? Science indicates no. ... That event may have killed dinosaurs, but it helped give us grape vines. And wine.

The extinction of the dinosaurs is still being studied. In today’s Academic Minute, a Student Spotlight, Oklahoma State University’s Kyle Atkins-Weltman explores a new finding that can change our ...

It was a time of significant changes for life on Earth, including the extinction of some It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...

While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, impacted.