The extinction of dinosaurs is primarily attributed to two major events: Asteroid Impact: Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth near present-day Mexico, creating the Chicxulub crater.
The love born of beauty was not mine; I had nothing in common with it: I could not dare to meddle with it, but another love, venturing diffidently into life after long acquaintance, furnace-tried by pain, stamped by constancy, consolidated by affection's pure and durable alloy, submitted by intellect to intellect's own tests, and finally wrought up, by his own process, to his own unflawed completeness, this Love that laughed at Passion, his fast frenzies and his hot and hurried extinction, in th
This was not an opaque vase, of material however costly, but a lamp chastely lucent, guarding from extinction, yet not hiding from worship, a flame vital and vestal.
Some think that it will arise from the falling of the temperature, which the sun will experience after millions of years; others, from the gradual extinction of the fires in the interior of our globe, which have a greater influence on it than is generally supposed.
But there was no doubt as to the complete extinction of the volcano.
It was more than the sleep of a volcano; it was its complete extinction.
She wrote: "It's only decent to warn you that you will be bored to extinction.
The dimness of the light her candle emitted made her turn to it with alarm; but there was no danger of its sudden extinction; it had yet some hours to burn; and that she might not have any greater difficulty in distinguishing the writing than what its ancient date might occasion, she hastily snuffed it.
The Road (2006) by Cormac McCarthy is a bleak, beautifully written, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set after an unspecified extinction event has wiped out most of humanity.
He paid a panegyric on the British philosopher Herbert Spencer's vulgarization of evolutionism conformed better to the actual demand of saving the nation from extinction and self-strengthening.
Some species, like koalas, aren't in any immediate danger of extinction because they are spread out across the country, said the university ecologists.
One million of the planet's eight million species are threatened with extinction by humans, scientists warned Monday in what is described as the most comprehensive assessment of global nature loss ever.
he National Film Registry is turning 30 and will bring in a new crop of films ranging from dinosaurs' return from extinction, a cowboys-in-love drama and stories showcasing Native Americans.
The species is on the brink of extinction in the wild because of pollution, overfishing -- for their meat and roe, sold as caviar -- and environmental changes like the vast hydroelectric dams which span the Yangtze, blocking access to their spawning sites.
Hopefully the trailers — and the movie itself, when it eventually comes out — represent a solid rebound and provide us with an action blockbuster that saves its franchise from extinction.
While most men can still father a child, scientists say the human race faces extinction if the trend continues.
It's a scene that paints a bleak future of possible extinction for the higher learning institute.
Suzanne O'Farrell, curriculum and assessment specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said: "We're seeing German just moving into extinction really.
Sadly, this amazing flower is on the verge of extinction and is now a protected species.
The last male northern white rhinoceros has died, leaving only two females with which conservationists hope to save the species from extinction.
