Did Algae Cause the Late Ordovician Glaciation

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Kornei, K. (2018), Tiny algae may have prompted 

a mass extinction, Eos, 99, 

https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EO102539.

Published on 11 July 2018.

https://eos.org/articles/tiny-algae-may-have-prompted-a-mass-extinction

https://eos.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/eos0918.pdf?x69145

https://eos.org/current-issues

 

The paper is;

 

Shen, J., Pearson, A., Henkes, G.A., Zhang, Y.G.,

Chen, K., Li, D., Wankel, S.D., Finney, S.C. and 

Shen, Y., 2018. Improved efficiency of the 

biological pump as a trigger for the Late 

Ordovician glaciation. Nature Geoscience, 11(7), p.510.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0141-5

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.