Did Trees Cause a Mass Extinction?
- Episode aired Dec 6, 2022
- 6m
As plants colonized land, growing larger and larger into trees, they depleted carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, released minerals and nitrogen all of which caused secondary effects impacting... Read allAs plants colonized land, growing larger and larger into trees, they depleted carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, released minerals and nitrogen all of which caused secondary effects impacting the oceans. Scientists suspect these changes had an impact on ocean animals contributing ... Read allAs plants colonized land, growing larger and larger into trees, they depleted carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, released minerals and nitrogen all of which caused secondary effects impacting the oceans. Scientists suspect these changes had an impact on ocean animals contributing to or causing the Late Devonian Extinction.