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Science Friday: Extinctions From Algae? AudioScience Friday: Extinctions From Algae? Audio
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Science Friday Initiative
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9th - 10th
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Science Friday: Extinctions From Algae?

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Many scientists attribute the world's great extinction events to major catastrophes such as asteroid strikes and massive volcanic eruptions. We'll talk with researchers exploring an alternate theory - that massive algal blooms led to mass extinctions. [11 mins. 7]

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algae, extinction

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algal bloom, extinctions from algae, science friday

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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