Dinosaurs’ extinction, Causes of old and recent extinction
The dinosaurs’ extinction
Scientists witnessed five mass extinctions, and some scientists believe that we live in the sixth extinction age (The Recent Extinction), where the rate of extinction is 40 times larger than the normal rate of extinction.
The causes of old extinctions
The scientists postulated that the causes of old extinctions are due to the emission of the poisonous gases from the active volcanoes, the meteorite impacts with the Earth, and the onset of the long glacial age.
The causes of the recent extinction
Destroying the natural habitat causes the recent extinction, The tropical forests include about one-third of the terrestrial living organisms, where each tree forms a shelter for more than 300 species of the living organisms.
So, cutting the forest’s trees destroys the habitat of these species, and drives them stray and homeless, The scientists estimate that we lose about 68 species of trees every day.
Overhunting is considered one of the important causes of the extinction of hundreds of reptiles and the mammals’ species, Overhunting is hunting wild animals in a random unorganized way which exposed them to extinction.
This is due to the increased rate of interest in the animals’ skins and furs, The progressive development in the technology of hunting weapons, and the absence of the laws that control wild animal hunting at the beginning of the 20th century.
Environmental pollution causes the extinction of many living organisms, When the oil leaks in the oceans and the seas it causes the death of the marine birds when the acidic rains fall they destroy the forest’s trees, and the chemical insecticides break down the food chains.
Climate changes and natural disasters cause the recent extinction, Some of the disasters are related to climatic changes such as drought, tornadoes, floods, lightning, torrents, storms, and rising the temperature of the Earth planet.
There are some disasters that are not related to climate change such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and the high marine tide (the tsunami waves), Natural disasters are considered one of the causes that leads to the extinction of species.
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Natural protectorates, Reasons of extinction, Extinct & endangered species
Fossils types, mold, cast, petrified wood & Fossil of a complete body
The ways to protect the living organisms from the extinction
The extinction and using the fossils to indicate the extinction
The extinct species in recent times and the causes of the extinction
The importance of the fossils and the suitable conditions for the formation of the fossils
