Tree roots caused mass extinctions -- like humans today?
Scientists find ancient tree roots flooded oceans with excess nutrients, triggering mass extinction of life. Could today's human activity cause the same?
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Scientists find ancient tree roots flooded oceans with excess nutrients, triggering mass extinction of life. Could today's human activity cause the same?
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The first land plants to evolve penetrating root systems, around 400 million years ago, may very well have triggered a series of mass extinctions in the ocean.
According to a UK study, a series of mass extinctions that occurred over 300 million years ago may have been brought on by the evolution of tree roots.