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Asteroid Impact Causes Extinctions

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'Statistically, that shouldn’t have happened': Something very weird occurred in the ocean after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit

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An asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago wiped out about 70% of species, including dinosaurs, ammonites, mosasaurs and ammonites.

Marine bivalves lost around three-quarters of their species during this mass extinction.

Scientists found that at least one species from nearly all their modes of life, no matter how rare or specialized, squeaked through extinction event.

Fossil record shows that biodiversity has definite breaking points, usually during a perfect storm of climate and environmental upheaval.

Many scientists believe the current biodiversity crisis may cascade into a sixth mass extinction.

The rebound from extinction events will likely result in very different mixes of species and their modes of life in the oceans.

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