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Research shows how the Gulf of Mexico escaped ancient mass extinction

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-06-01

An ancient bout of global warming 56 million years ago that acidified oceans and wiped-out marine life had a milder effect in the Gulf of Mexico, where life was sheltered by the basin's unique geology—according to research by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG).

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https://phys.org/news/2022-06-gulf-mexico-ancient-mass-extinction.html