At several points in the history of our planet, increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have caused extreme global warming, prompting the majority of species on Earth to die out.
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| Earth is heading for a disaster worse than that which eliminated the dinosaurs. |
In the past, these events were triggered by a huge volcanic eruption or asteroid impact. Now, Earth is heading for another mass extinction – and human activity is to blame.
I am an Earth and Paleo-climate scientist and have researched the relationships between asteroid impacts, volcanism, climate changes and mass extinctions of species.
Read the story from The Conversation by an Earth and paleo-climate scientist with the Australian National University, Andrew Glikson - “While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction.”
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