A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

The End-Permian mass extinction was caused by a much more extreme disaster than present-day climate change. Back then, the poles’ ice caps completely disappeared, which would translate to a 230 ...

The end-Permian mass extinction occurred around 252 million years ago, and wiped out over 80% of marine species and 70% of ...

Scientists believe a large volcanic eruption in southern China may have contributed to the end-Permian mass extinction 250 million years ago. Dustin Manduffie / November 17, 2021. Link copied.

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

Great Dying debates. During the end-Permian mass extinction––also called the Great Dying–80 percent of marine species were wiped out. While most species on land did not fare much better, the ...

The end-Permian mass extinction occurred around 252 million years ago, and wiped out over 80% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial species due to extreme environmental changes including ...

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found.

New research suggests volcanic eruptions in Siberia triggered extreme El Niño events that in turn led to the end-Permian extinction, when 90% of life on Earth died out.

A key reason the end-Permian extinction was so dire was because the mega El Niños created incredibly warm conditions in the tropics, which spread quickly to higher latitudes, resulting in the ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the end-Permian mass extinction around 252 million years ago, according to new ...