News Headline

Why did ocean productivity decline abruptly 4.6 million years ago?

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-01-18

By drilling deep down into sediments on the ocean floor researchers can travel back in time. A research team led from Uppsala University now presents new clues as to when and why a period often referred to as the 'biogenic bloom' came to an abrupt end. Changes in the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun may have played a part in the dramatic change.

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https://phys.org/news/2022-01-ocean-productivity-decline-abruptly-million.html