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Methane Release May Have Triggered Mass Extinctions
Oxford researchers report in Nature that a prehistoric methane release from ocean floor hydrate during a warm Jurassic period may have depleted ocean oxygen and driven rapid extinctions. The study links a spike in light carbon to methane hydrate, estimating 80 percent of bottom-dwelling species vanished over about five thousand years.
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Stephen Hesselbo
Oxford University
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