{"id":12155,"date":"2016-08-23T06:10:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T10:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=12155"},"modified":"2016-08-22T22:01:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T02:01:29","slug":"were-not-the-only-species-to-cause-a-mass-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=12155","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Not The Only Species To Cause A Mass Extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last several hundred million years, there have been many mass extinctions. Who caused the first &amp; should we worry about the next?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YOuZiJKXxAQ\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s The Best Way To Stop Mass Extinction? &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bkskfY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bkskfY\" data-servicelink=\"CDEQ6TgiEwiW8tKDndHOAhVDiJwKHdyXDwMo-B0\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bkskfY<\/a><br \/>\nSign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1UO1PxI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1UO1PxI\" data-servicelink=\"CDEQ6TgiEwiW8tKDndHOAhVDiJwKHdyXDwMo-B0\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1UO1PxI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read More:<\/p>\n<p>History Of Life On Earth<br \/>\n<a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nature\/history_of_the_earth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nature\/history_of_the_earth\" data-servicelink=\"CDEQ6TgiEwiW8tKDndHOAhVDiJwKHdyXDwMo-B0\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nature\/history_o&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;During its dramatic 4.5 billion year history, Earth has gone through a series of major geological and biological changes. The timescale below highlights a number of notable prehistoric events and the geological periods in which they occurred.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newly Discovered Fossils Strengthen Proposition That World&#8217;s First Mass Extinction Engineered By Early Animals<br \/>\n<a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2016\/07\/newly-discovered-fossils-strengthen-proposition-that-worlds-first-mass-extinction-engineered-by-early-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2016\/07\/newly-discovered-fossils-strengthen-proposition-that-worlds-first-mass-extinction-engineered-by-early-animals\/\" data-servicelink=\"CDEQ6TgiEwiW8tKDndHOAhVDiJwKHdyXDwMo-B0\">http:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2016\/07\/ne&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Newly discovered fossil evidence from Namibia strengthens the proposition that the world&#8217;s first mass extinction was caused by &#8220;ecosystem engineers&#8221; &#8211; newly evolved biological organisms that altered the environment so radically it drove older species to extinction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Will Humans Survive The Sixth Great Extinction<br \/>\n<a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/2015\/06\/150623-sixth-extinction-kolbert-animals-conservation-science-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/2015\/06\/150623-sixth-extinction-kolbert-animals-conservation-science-world\/\" data-servicelink=\"CDEQ6TgiEwiW8tKDndHOAhVDiJwKHdyXDwMo-B0\">http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/20&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;In the last half-billion years, life on Earth has been nearly wiped out five times-by such things as climate change, an intense ice age, volcanoes, and that space rock that smashed into the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago, obliterating the dinosaurs and a bunch of other species. 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Who caused the first &amp; should we worry about the next?\u00a0 What&#8217;s The Best Way To Stop Mass Extinction? &#8211;\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bkskfY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here &#8211;\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/1UO1PxI Read More: History Of Life On Earth http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nature\/history_o&#8230; &#8220;During its dramatic 4.5 billion year history, Earth has gone through a series of major geological and biological changes. The timescale below highlights a number of notable prehistoric events and the geological periods in which they occurred.&#8221; Newly Discovered Fossils Strengthen Proposition That World&#8217;s First Mass Extinction Engineered By Early Animals http:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2016\/07\/ne&#8230; &#8220;Newly discovered fossil evidence from Namibia strengthens the proposition that the world&#8217;s first mass extinction was caused by &#8220;ecosystem engineers&#8221; &#8211; newly evolved biological organisms that altered the environment so radically it drove older species to extinction.&#8221; Will Humans Survive The Sixth Great Extinction http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/20&#8230; &#8220;In the last half-billion years, life on Earth has been nearly wiped out five times-by such things as climate change, an intense ice age, volcanoes, and that space rock that smashed into the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago, obliterating the dinosaurs and a bunch of other species. 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