3 min read During the Ordovician period, part of the Paleozoic era ... For the most part the Earth's climate was warm and wet, with sea levels rising as much as 1,970 feet (600 meters) above ...

During the Ordovician Period, a time of significant changes for Earth’s life-forms, plate tectonics and climate, the planet experienced a peak in meteorite strikes. Nearly two dozen impact ...

The climate remained warm and stable throughout most of the Silurian. The supercontinent of Gondwana was still positioned over the South Pole but the vast icecaps of the late Ordovician period ...

Abrupt climate change at the end of the Ordovician Period (~450-440 million years ago) caused the second largest mass extinction in Earth history, including the demise of the trilobite ...

However, in the Ordovician period, impacts were unusually concentrated ... potentially affecting climate and the development of life over time. 'Why temples make you feel better': How parikrama ...

Detail images of fossils from the Ordovician Period outcrop on Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...