Results: "THE FIVE EXTINCTIONS OF EARTH"
OUR PLANET HAS A FASCINATING HISTORY FULL OF MAJOR CATACLYSMIC SHIFTS. SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THESE CRITICAL EVENTS THAT SHAPED THE WORLD WE KNOW TODAY.
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WHICH OF THE FIVE MAJOR MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE (66 MILLION YEARS AGO): ASTEROID IMPACT THAT WIPED OUT THE DINOSAURS AND MOST SPECIES ON EARTH
31%
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286 votes
PERMIAN-TRIASSIC (252 MILLION YEARS AGO): THE LARGEST MASS EXTINCTION ("THE GREAT DYING"), CAUSED BY SEVERE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
6%
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53 votes
LATE DEVONIAN (375 MILLION YEARS AGO): A PROLONGED SERIES OF EXTINCTIONS CAUSED BY SEVERE OCEAN DEOXYGENATION AND COOLING TEMPERATURES
2%
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22 votes
TRIASSIC-JURASSIC (201 MILLION YEARS AGO): MASSIVE VOLCANISM THAT SPIKED CARBON DIOXIDE, INTENSE HEAT, AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, CLEARING THE WAY FOR DINOSAURS
8%
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74 votes
ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN (444 MILLION YEARS AGO): AN ANCIENT ICE AGE AND RAPID SEA-LEVEL DROPS THAT WIPED OUT MOST MARINE LIFE
4%
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37 votes
NONE OF THE ABOVE
23%
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214 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
26%
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240 votes
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BEFORE LOOKING INTO IT, WERE YOU AWARE THAT EARTH HAS EXPERIENCED FIVE SEPARATE MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS IN ITS HISTORY? YES, I WAS FAMILIAR WITH ALL OR MOST OF THEM
15%
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140 votes
I KNEW ABOUT THE DINOSAUR EXTINCTION, BUT NOT THE OTHERS
25%
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233 votes
NO, THIS IS COMPLETELY NEW INFORMATION TO ME
31%
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290 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
28%
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263 votes
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WHAT TYPE OF CATACLYSMIC EVENT DO YOU FIND MOST INTRIQUING OR SURPRISING TO LEARN ABOUT? ASTEROID OR COMET IMPACTS
17%
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157 votes
MASSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS & CLIMATE SHIFTS
12%
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115 votes
OCEAN OXYGEN DEPLETION (ANOXIA)
14%
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131 votes
ATMOSPHERIC & TEMPERATURE DROPS (ICE AGES)
9%
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84 votes
NONE OF THE ABOVE
19%
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177 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
28%
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262 votes
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DO YOU BELIEVE LEARNING ABOUT EARTH'S PAST EXTINCTION EVENTS HELPS SCIENTISTS BETTER PREPARE FOR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES? YES, HISTORY PROVIDES VITAL CLUES FOR THE FUTURE
29%
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266 votes
SOMEWHAT, THOUGH MODERN CONDITIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT
22%
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207 votes
NO, ANCIENT EVENTS DON'T HAVE MUCH RELEVANCE TODAY
8%
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78 votes
UNDECIDED
14%
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129 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
27%
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246 votes
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