Paul Wignall
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Paul Wignall is a professor of paleoenvironments at the University of Leeds in the UK, who has commented on the hypothesis that supernovae may have contributed to mass extinctions, emphasizing the need for tangible evidence to support such claims.
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The palaeontologist Paul Wignall described the end-Permian climate catastrophe as 'a climate of unparalleled malevolence'.
‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction? | Greenhouse gas emissionsThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2025-08-19
United Kingdom· 2025-08-19
Paul Wignall is a professor of paleoenvironments who called the research interesting and emphasized the need for tangible evidence.
Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggestsCNN·
United States· 2025-03-20
United States· 2025-03-20
