~445 million years agoNatural Disasters
End-Ordovician Mass Extinction
The first of the "Big Five" mass extinctions wiped out an estimated 85% of marine species.
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~10,000 BCENatural Disasters
End of the Last Ice Age
The retreat of glaciers marked the end of the Pleistocene and the dawn of human civilization.
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August 24, 79 CENatural Disasters
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius erupted catastrophically, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under volcanic ash.
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