The five mass extinctions

▸ Building the 540-million-year biodiversity curve…

▸ Loading the "Big Five": Ordovician · Devonian · Permian · Triassic · K-Pg

▸ The Permian "Great Dying" ~96% of marine species — the largest

▸ The sixth event (humans) is underway…

▸ Online. ✅

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💀 Diversity

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Drag Time across 540 million years · click a mass extinction in the right column to jump to it & see details

Biodiversity over timediversity

About Big Five Extinctions

Big Five Extinctions is one of 20 topics in the Cosmic Timeline domain (Big Bang → ∞ scale) at My Labs — an interactive simulation atlas. This virtual lab runs right in your browser: adjust the parameters, pick a scenario and watch the phenomenon change in real time, with a click-to-inspect cross-section for every structure.