It's been months in the making and here it is: my first feature for Nature.
Did a million years of rain jump-start dinosaur evolution?
It's been a pleasure working with editor Rich Monastersky on this piece. The story is about the Carnian Pluvial, a period early in the dinosaur era when the climate seemingly lurched from dry to wet, and stayed that way for over a million years. The result was evolutionary turnover, which seemingly included the diversification and rise to dominance of the dinosaurs.
Did a million years of rain jump-start dinosaur evolution?
It's been a pleasure working with editor Rich Monastersky on this piece. The story is about the Carnian Pluvial, a period early in the dinosaur era when the climate seemingly lurched from dry to wet, and stayed that way for over a million years. The result was evolutionary turnover, which seemingly included the diversification and rise to dominance of the dinosaurs.
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