Assertion: mass extinction | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: largely
type: DEGREE
value: to a massive earth impact
type: CAUSE
value: least partly
type: DEGREE
value: to a combination of both events
type: CAUSE
value: to natural climate changes
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Eventually, most paleontologists began to accept the idea that the mass extinctions at the end of the Cretaceous were largely or at least partly due to a massive Earth impact.
text: Eventually, most paleontologists began to accept the idea that the mass extinctions at the end of the Cretaceous were largely or at least partly due to a massive Earth impact.
text: Eventually, most paleontologists began to accept the idea that the mass extinctions at the end of the Cretaceous were largely or at least partly due to a massive Earth impact.
text: Previous mass extinctions were due to natural climate changes, huge volcanic eruptions or catastrophic meteor strikes.
text: But such a mass extinction is due to a combination of both events,” she now concludes.