Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted, releasing 100,000 billion metric tons of carbon ...

About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period ... identify the killer responsible for the largest of the many mass extinctions that have struck the planet. The most famous die ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted, releasing 100,000 billion metric tons of carbon ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

(Image Credit: Yang Dinghua) Artistic reconstruction of the terrestrial ecological landscape before the end Permian mass extinction based on fossil palynomorphs, plants , and tetrapods recovered, as ...

The end-Permian mass extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," took place ... An enormous eruption from a volcanic system called the Siberian Traps seem to have pushed carbon dioxide levels to ...

The end-Permian mass extinction, also known as the "Great Dying ... system called the Siberian Traps seem to have pushed carbon dioxide levels to extremes: A 2021 study estimated that atmospheric ...

Fossil evidence of a diverse plant ecosystem that thrived in a Chinese desert during the world’s largest mass extinction ... China during the end-Permian mass extinction around 252 million ...