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Study Investigates Drivers Responsible for Madagascar Megafaunal Extinction – AZoCleantech
In the past thousand years, there was complete destruction of the endemic megafauna of Madagascar and the Mascarene islands. An international research team anal…
Written by AZoCleantechOct 19 2020
In the past thousand years, there was complete destruction of the endemic megafauna of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. An international research team analyzed the probable drivers of this extinction by developing an 8000-year record of the previous climate of the island.
Investigating the drivers of extinction: By analyzing stalagmites from the La Vierge Cave located on Rodrigues, the scientists reconstructed 8000 years of the region’s past climate. Ima…
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