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Earth takes millions of years to recover biodiversity after mass extinction events

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SUPPORTED
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Is it true that Earth takes millions of years to recover biodiversity after mass extinction events?

Yes. Earth requires millions of years to fully recover biodiversity and ecosystem functioning following major mass extinction events, often hindered by prolonged environmental stressors like ocean acidification and severe climate disruption.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 3 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

The analysis

The retrieved papers consistently support the claim that biodiversity and ecological recovery after mass extinction events take millions of years, driven by prolonged environmental disruptions such as super-greenhouse climates, ocean deoxygenation, and acidification. Therefore, the balance verdict is SUPPORTED.

Evidence for · 3
Early Triassic super-greenhouse climate driven by vegetation collapse.
2025
Demonstrates that super-greenhouse conditions and slow recovery persisted for around five million years following the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction due to delayed carbon sequestration and vegetation collapse.
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Z, X., J, Y., H, Y., AS, M., J, H., BJ, A., K, G., PB, W., AM, D., J, S., D, S., Y, G., Y, D., Y, W., Y, Z., SW, P., & BJW, M. (2025). Early Triassic super-greenhouse climate driven by vegetation collapse.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60396-y

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Marine bioturbation collapse during Early Jurassic deoxygenation: implications for post-extinction marine ecosystem functioning
2023
Shows that benthic recovery following Early Jurassic deoxygenation took millions of years, with bioturbation ceasing completely for 0.6 to 2.5 million years.
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Caswell, B. A. & Herringshaw, L. (2023). Marine bioturbation collapse during Early Jurassic deoxygenation: implications for post-extinction marine ecosystem functioning. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp529-2022-226

Pulses of ocean acidification at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary.
2025
Indicates that prolonged environmental perturbations such as ocean acidification delayed ecosystem recovery following mass extinction events.
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M, T., JWB, R., R, W., M, A., J, C., M, V. M., A, B., M, C., F, C., D, D., W, G., R, G., WL, H., A, L., A, M., N, N., CV, R., M, R., D, S., MMFR, S., RCJ, S., EE, S., AJ, W., M, Z., & SE, G. (2025). Pulses of ocean acidification at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61344-6

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The retrieved papers consistently support the claim that biodiversity and ecological recovery after mass extinction events take millions of years, driven by prolonged environmental disruptions such as super-greenhouse climates, ocean deoxygenation, and acidification. Therefore, the balance verdict is SUPPORTED.

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