This article provides a model for climatic change and relates climatic cycles with major extinction events in the history of the Earth. It discusses the mechanisms behind modern climate zones (circulation, storm systems, seasons), astronomical models, climatic models (obliquity conditions, rising sea levels, current conditions), and mass extinctions and model timing (causes of extinction events, predicted vs. documented extinctions, and extinction-driven evolution). A geologic time scale provides a reference for climatic conditions at different periods in Earth history. References are provided for additional information.
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This resource is referenced here:Subject: Biology,
Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Resource Type:
Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Focus on the Cretaceous: Paleontology, Climate
Topics: Time/Earth History, Biosphere, Climate
Climate Literacy Principles:
Life and Are Linked: Ecosystems,
Survival of Organisms / Species,
Climate Evolution, Natural Variability and Change, Complex Interactions
