A persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity over the Phanerozoic
Abstract It is an open question what has constrained macroevolutionary changes in marine animal diversity on the time scale of the Phanerozoic. Here, we will show that supernovae appear to have significantly influenced the biodiversity of life. After normalizing diversity curves of major animal mari...
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| description | Abstract It is an open question what has constrained macroevolutionary changes in marine animal diversity on the time scale of the Phanerozoic. Here, we will show that supernovae appear to have significantly influenced the biodiversity of life. After normalizing diversity curves of major animal marine genera by the changes in the area of shallow marine margins, a close correlation between supernovae frequency and biodiversity is obtained. The interpretation is that supernovae influence Earth's climate, which controls the ocean and atmospheric circulation of nutrients. With this, supernovae influence ocean bioproductivity and are speculated to affect genera‐level diversity. The implication is a surprisingly influential role of stellar processes on evolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11d7820c641e4a059a2993e95cdc3a7f2023-03-29T14:14:47ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582023-03-01133n/an/a10.1002/ece3.9898A persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity over the PhanerozoicHenrik Svensmark0National Space Institute Technical University of Denmark Lyngby DenmarkAbstract It is an open question what has constrained macroevolutionary changes in marine animal diversity on the time scale of the Phanerozoic. Here, we will show that supernovae appear to have significantly influenced the biodiversity of life. After normalizing diversity curves of major animal marine genera by the changes in the area of shallow marine margins, a close correlation between supernovae frequency and biodiversity is obtained. The interpretation is that supernovae influence Earth's climate, which controls the ocean and atmospheric circulation of nutrients. With this, supernovae influence ocean bioproductivity and are speculated to affect genera‐level diversity. The implication is a surprisingly influential role of stellar processes on evolution.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9898biodiversityevolutionmacrodiversitymarine‐generaPhanerozoicsupernova |
| spellingShingle | Henrik Svensmark A persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity over the Phanerozoic Ecology and Evolution biodiversity evolution macrodiversity marine‐genera Phanerozoic supernova |
| title | A persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity over the Phanerozoic |
| title_full | A persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity over the Phanerozoic |
| title_fullStr | A persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity over the Phanerozoic |
| title_full_unstemmed | A persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity over the Phanerozoic |
| title_short | A persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity over the Phanerozoic |
| title_sort | persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity over the phanerozoic |
| topic | biodiversity evolution macrodiversity marine‐genera Phanerozoic supernova |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9898 |
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