The Permo-Triassic Extinction part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website contains a collection of pages concerning different aspects of the Permo-Triassic extinction, the largest mass extinction of all time. The pages address different scenarios for the ...

Mass Extinction Debates: How Science Works in a Crisis part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This is a history of science project documenting a controversy as it unfolds. The controversy in question is whether the K/T extinction was caused by catastrophic volcanism or an asteroid impact. ...

Evolutionary Catastrophes: The Science of Mass Extinction part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book uses the catastrophic-volcanism hypothesis to explain the K/T mass extinction, as opposed to the impact hypothesis. The author considers a mechanism for periodic catastrophic volcanism as ...

The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy part of SERC Print Resource Collection
The authors strongly oppose the impact theory of the death of the dinosaurs. They attack it both scientifically and sociologically and present evidence from a variety of fields to support the ...

The KT Extinction part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website provides an excerpt on the KT boundary from an introductory text on paleontology. The text covers environmental and paleontological aspects of the extinction, including alternative ...

Humans and Other Catastrophes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site from the American Museum of Natural History provides an overview of human induced extinction from the ice age to the present.

Permian-Triassic Extinction (PBS) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This PBS website provides a very brief description of the Permian-Triassic extinction, as well as some inferences for the causes of the event. Video footage on the page shows the rock record in the ...

Arthropod Diversity and Evolution - An After School Program part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website provides information required for a hands-on program that enables students to work alongside active museum curators, postdoctoral researchers, and collection managers. The programs will ...