Climate Change | What Was the Earth Like after the Dinosaurs?
The geological history of the Earth bears the traces of many global climate changes. Variations in temperature, radiation levels and the composition of the planet's atmosphere have proved to be a verdict for some species and an evolutionary impetus for others.
2023-04-08 17:00:00 - Kosmo
Some major extinctions wiped out up to 90 percent of the species of that time, bringing life on the planet to the brink of extinction.
Over the last 500 million years there have been five such global catastrophes, and right now according to statistics a sixth one is in progress, and the fastest known in terms of running its course.
What is happening on our planet and why is its biosphere degrading so rapidly?
Let's try to find out.
00:00 | Intro
01:04 | Earth's climate for 500 mln years
02:30 | Dinosaurs' extinction (66 mln years ago)
05:23 | Paleocene (Cenozoic Era)
06:25 | Eocene
08:31 | Eocene-Oligocene extinction
10:14 | Oligocene
10:33 | Miocene
10:46 | Middle Miocene disruption
13:10 | Ice age
14:46 | Gauss-Matuyama reversal
15:10 | Pleistocene
16:57 | Mid-Pleistocene Transition
18:50 | Late Pleistocene
19:17 | Early human migrations
19:36 | Populating Australia
21:23 | Holocene
22:58 | Human impact on the Earth's climate
24:55 | Our time
25:29 | What threat does global warming pose?
27:31 | Current extinction
28:50 | Ending