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Global Change and Life Evolution; Evidence from the geological record

 
©S.B. Kroonenberg
Changes in the Earth's climate and of life on Earth are preserved in the rock record. Ice and dust records, terrestrial and ocean sediments, and sequences of fossil plant and animal assemblages all provide parts of this record. Life has impacted Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and surface. Several major extinctions have punctuated life's history, which involved dramatic environmental change. Important lessons can be learned about present-day environmental challenges and the ways to mitigate and manage environmental damage.

 

 

 

 

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464 Continental Shelves During the Last Glacial Cycle, 2001-2005 (OET in 2006)
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476 Monsoon Evolution and Tectonic-Climate Linkage in Asia, 2003-2007
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481 Dating Caspian Sea Level Change, 2003-2007
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490 Environmental Catastrophes, 2003-2007
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491 Middle Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biogeography, Palaeogeography and Climate, 2003-2007
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493 The Rise and Fall of the Vendian Biota, 2003-2007
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499 Devonian land-sea interaction: Evolution of Ecosystems and Climate in the Devonian, 2004-2008
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500 Dryland Change: Past, Present, Future, 2004-2008
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509 Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution, 2005-2009
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