The research team, which includes Assistant Professor Sarah Carmichael, is examining the relationship between climate change and changes in the ecosystems in the Devonian period, from 419 to 359 ...

a serious warning for our own period of climate change,” Professor Marshall said. The Late Devonian extinction is thought to have played a major role in the development of vertebrate life ...

which occurred at the end of the Devonian period, around 359 million years ago. Organisms on the bottom of the food chain, algae and bacteria, perished. Herbivores and predators followed suit. The ...

By the Devonian Period, these animals became the largest known arthropods to ever have lived on Earth. During the Silurian Period, the climate was generally warm and stable, in contrast to the ...

USA: The Devonian Period, 419 to 358 million years ago ... linked the periodic wet/dry climate cycles known to exist in the region during the Devonian with specific episodes of plant colonization.

Several global extinction events occurred during Devonian period, which lasted from 359 ... which could cause wildfires and lead to climate change. Leading up to the mass extinction event 359 ...

The overall climate, globally, was thought to be relatively warm, with little evidence of ice caps. While marine animals and oceans comprised most of Earth’s life, the Devonian period marked a ...

The Devonian Period was also an exciting time for life ... Carolyn Gramling is the earth & climate writer. She has bachelor’s degrees in geology and European history and a Ph.D. in marine ...

This is what New York state looked like during the Devonian period, roughly 400 million years ... radically shifting the planet's climate. There are Devonian rocks scattered across the world ...