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Huge volcanic eruption didn't cause climate change and mass extinction 140 million years ago

By Joshua Davies, Professor, Sciences de la Terre et de l'atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Brenda Chung Rocha, Professor, Geosciences, Universidade de São Paulo
Nicolas Greber, Assistant professor, Geochemistry, Université de Berne

Huge volcanic eruptions were once believed to be the cause of mass extinctions on Earth. However, new research has found that super eruptions did not necessarily result in mass extinctions.

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