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University of Alabama: Earth's Position and Orbit Spurred Ancient Marine Life Extinction
March 03, 2021
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, March 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news on March 2, 2021:

Ancient rocks from Tennessee revealed the Earth's rotation and orbit around the Sun controlled the timing of oceanic dead zones in a mass extinction of marine life about 370 million years ago.

Led by researchers at The University of Alabama, the findings have important implications for modern oceans. The results of the study were published online today in . . .

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