Monday, November 27, 2006

Complexity

The earth experienced its biggest mass extinction about 250 million years ago, an event that wiped out an estimated 95% of marine species and 70% of land species. New research shows that this mass extinction did more than eliminate species: it fundamentally changed the basic ecology of the world's oceans.

more: Astrobiology Magazine

see also: "The Great Dying"

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