FSU researchers find decrease in crucial trace element preceded ancient mass extinction
Published: | 11:31 am
A decline in the element molybdenum across the planet’s oceans preceded a significant extinction event approximately 183 million years ago, […]
FSU marine geologist named Sloan Research Fellow
Published: | 11:13 am
For Florida State University Assistant Professor Jeremy Owens, the chemical fingerprints left behind by oxygen in the ancient ocean are […]
In ancient oceans that resembled our own, oxygen loss triggered mass extinction
Published: | 3:34 pm
Roughly 430 million years ago, during the Earth’s Silurian Period, global oceans were experiencing changes that would seem eerily familiar […]
Ancient rocks provide clues about Earth’s early history
Published: | 11:28 am
Earth’s vast oceans started becoming oxygenated on large scales and great depths long before scientists previously recognized, according to new […]
Volcanic activity, declining ocean oxygen triggered mass extinction of ancient marine organisms
Published: | 3:49 pm
Global climate change, fueled by skyrocketing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, is siphoning oxygen from today’s oceans at an alarming […]
Life recovered rapidly at impact site of dino-killing asteroid
Published: | 1:28 pm
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid smashed into the Earth triggering a mass extinction that ended the reign of […]
FSU faculty and students team up to help save a river
Published: | 1:14 pm
A unique team of Florida State University faculty and students is working with concerned citizens to put the spotlight on […]