UV-B radiation blamed for Devonian-Carboniferous boundary terrestrial extinction

[Oxytropidoceras]

End-Devonian Mass Extinction Caused by Erosion 

of Ozone Layer, New Study Finds, Sci-News. May 28, 2020 

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/end-devonian-mass-extinction-erosion-ozone-layer-08477.html

 

No asteroids needed: ancient mass extinction tied 

to ozone loss, warming climate By Paul Voosen

Science News, May. 27, 2020

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/no-asteroids-or-volcanoes-needed-ancient-mass-extinction-tied-ozone-loss-warming

 

The open access paper is:

 

John E. A. Marshall,  Jon Lakin, Troth, and 

Sarah M. Wallace-Johnson, 2020, UV-B 

radiation was the Devonian-Carboniferous 

boundary terrestrial extinction kill mechanism. 

Science Advances 27 May 2020: Vol. 6, no. 22, eaba0768

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0768

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/22/eaba0768

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/22/eaba0768/tab-pdf

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.