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Ordovician–Silurian Extinction: Ice Strikes the Seas

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The Ordovician–Silurian extinction shows how climate change can reshape evolution by collapsing old ecosystems and opening space for new life.

Ordovician–Silurian Extinction: Ice Strikes the Seas

~444 Million Years Ago
Cause: Global Cooling and Falling Seas

This extinction hit marine life hard, especially organisms living in shallow seas. The leading explanation centers on glaciation over Gondwana, falling sea levels, and disrupted ocean habitats. As seas withdrew, vast marine ecosystems collapsed, clearing space for new evolutionary paths in the Silurian.

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