{"id":5541,"date":"2024-06-03T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T09:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumladin.it\/?post_type=ausstellungen&#038;p=5541"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:01:39","slug":"countdown-to-mass-extinction","status":"publish","type":"ausstellungen","link":"https:\/\/museumladin.it\/en\/exhibitions\/countdown-to-mass-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to Mass Extinction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Around 252 million years ago, massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia led to a climate catastrophe that caused the mass extinction. Fossils from the Bellerophon and Werfen formations showcase the impressive diversity of life before and the monotony after the event. Visitors learn how marine ecosystems responded to extreme conditions and the effects of carbon dioxide release by the Siberian Traps. The exhibition illustrates how life slowly recovered and how organisms like the clam <i>Claraia<\/i>\u00a0adapted to oxygen-poor and warm environments.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Alarmingly, humanity today releases more carbon dioxide than the Siberian volcanoes did during the mass extinction period. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">A special focus is on the impacts of climate change in South Tyrol: rising temperatures, melting glaciers, and a higher snowfall boundary. The exhibition shows how our behavior affects biodiversity and environmental resilience and what each of us can do to reduce emissions and promote a more sustainable future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">By linking past and present, the exhibition provides a powerful call to action and emphasizes the need for global efforts to avert the worst impacts of climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt; to download &#8211; high quality: <em><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museumladin.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Catalogo-CTME_ENG_digital_MC25072024.pdf\">\u00a0Catalogue &#8211; Countdown to Mass Extinction?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em><span lang=\"EN-US\">&gt; to download &#8211; low quality: <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/museumladin.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Catalogo-CTME_ENG_MC19082024_LR.pdf\">Catalogue &#8211; Countdown to Mass Extinction?<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5590,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","ausstellungskategorie":[53],"class_list":["post-5541","ausstellungen","type-ausstellungen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ausstellungskategorie-archivierte-ausstellung"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Countdown to Mass Extinction? - Museum Ladin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/museumladin.it\/en\/exhibitions\/countdown-to-mass-extinction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Countdown to Mass Extinction? - Museum Ladin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Around 252 million years ago, massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia led to a climate catastrophe that caused the mass extinction. 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