Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution · View the paper (DOI)
Research reveals that major increases in environmental moisture caused widespread glacial-age grasslands to be replaced by peatlands and bogs, fragmenting populations of large herbivore grazers. The study found distinctive biochemical signals reflecting massive increases of moisture on the landscape.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Megafaunal extinctions driven by too much moisture University of Adelaide · Apr 18, 2017 · first to report
- Moisture played a role in megafaunal extinctions University of Alaska Fairbanks · Apr 19, 2017