Daily Junction.mobi portal<p><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/jan-zalasiewicz-153171">Jan Zalasiewicz</a>, Professor of Palaeobiology, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-leicester-1053">University of Leicester</a></em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/colin-waters-1493645">Colin Waters</a>, Honorary Professor, Department of Geology, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-leicester-1053">University of Leicester</a></em>, and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/martin-j-head-1518648">Martin J. Head</a>, Professor of Earth Sciences, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/brock-university-1340">Brock University</a></em></span></p>
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