Seeking a Break in a 252 Million-Year-Old Mass Killing

This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the content area. The text describes how scientists are attempting to use several pieces of evidence to pinpoint when a mass extinction event occurred at the end of the Permian Period. The text points to a connection between increasing volcanic eruptions, an increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and their relationship to mass extinctions before alluding to the signs of how human activity could be pushing Earth towards one.
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Direct Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/science/earth/Mass-Extinction-Permian-Period.html

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Subject(s): English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 7
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: informational text, text complexity, mass extinction, geology, absolute dating, carbon dating, ecosystem, Permian, Triassic, paleontology, biodiversity, extinction
Instructional Component Type(s): Text Resource
Resource Collection: STEM Reading Resources

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