The Great Metabolic Filter: Why Modern Oceans Bear the Scars of the ‘Great Dying’
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July 13, 2026
For over 250 million years, the architecture of Earth’s seafloors remained remarkably consistent. Ancient, sessile creatures—brachiopods, crinoids, and sea lilies—blanketed the ocean floor in a sedentary dominance that seemed permanent. Then, in a…
