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Time is running out - plants are dying too. Illustration: shutterstock

The Great Plant Extinction

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"How did it happen that the flowering plants, which evolved the latest from an evolutionary point of view, make up 90% of all land plant species we know today?" Photo: Bernard DUPONT.

Why did the flowering plants suddenly take over the earth a short geological time ago?

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The rainforest has contributed to population declines of many animals, including the Burnan gibbon, known for its vocalizations. (Photo: Gerardo Ceballos, Stefanord University

The opening signal for the mass extinction - every year two sand dunes become extinct

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Loud and boisterous

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In order to survive for millions of years, humanity must find ways to protect the Earth. Source: Don Davis.

Questions for the future of humanity: Can the human race avoid extinction?

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The eastern lowland gorilla. Endangered. Source: Hans De Bisschop / flickr.

A world is disappearing

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The meteor that exploded in Russia on February 15, 2013 as seen by the Metosat 10 satellite

Opinion/ Meteorite impact and extinction of dinosaurs - we should act to prevent man from a similar fate

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A happy hunter carries the head of a Kodiak bear. Photo: US Forest and Wildlife Service. From Wikipedia

The super carnivore monkey

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Dr. Mark Urban, University of Connecticut, in a region that has warmed in Alaska

climatic extinction

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"Desert Kites" from Google EARTH

An international study that examined the bones of Gazelles hunted 5000 years ago: extinction of species due to mass hunting began about 5000 years ago+

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The ocean during the Devonian period. Research into the collapse of marine life on Earth 378 to 375 million years ago suggests that Earth's current ecosystem, suffering from a loss of species diversity, may show a similar fate. Image: Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan.

What causes a mass extinction?

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The nuclear reactor in Chernobyl in Ukraine after the disaster. Photo: from Wikipedia

Will the ball survive?

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Asteroid impact on Earth. Image: NASA

The consensus around the assertion that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs is getting stronger

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A new theory about the Great Mass Extinction

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Does the movement cycle of the Milky Way affect the biological history of the Earth?

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A thousand species of mammals are in immediate danger of extinction

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Is there a date for the next great extinction?

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Anthropocene The new human geological era

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10 predictions for the near and distant future

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Did an exploding comet cause a temporary ice age 13 thousand years ago

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The mammoths were exterminated by man. Illustration: From Jumpstory.com

Why are the big ones extinct?

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Earth may be facing another mass extinction

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Another proof that even the biggest extinction in Earth's history was caused by an asteroid

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A new goal for NASA - to fight asteroids * On Sunday, a conference at Uni. cell

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Scientists estimate: a meteor impact destroyed most of life on Earth in the past

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