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GDB5 Media Great Debate on Great Extinctions |
| Convener: Nicholas T. Arndt | Co-Convener: Helmut Weissert |
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Tue, 25 Apr, 15:30–17:00
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This Great Debate addresses the cause of mass extinctions, in particular the relative importance of meteorite impacts as opposed to other events.
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Although every science journalist is convinced that the Chicxulub meteorite was the sole cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs, many geoscientists are not so sure. All of the major extinctions that punctuate earth history are associated with short periods of intense volcanism and only the end-Cretaceous extinction is also coincident with meteorite impact. The causes of all mass extinctions will be debated by a panel of experts: Paul Renne, Berkeley Geochronology Center Paul Wignall, Leeds University Blair Schoene, Princeton University Evelyn Kustatscher, Naturmuseum Südtirol Christian Koeberl, Natural History Museum Vienna |