China discovers terrestrial "Life oasis" from end-Permian mass extinction period
A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis since the Cambrian period.
Terrestrial 'life oasis' from end-Permian mass extinction period discovered in China
More information: Huiping Peng et al, Refugium amidst ruins: unearthing the lost flora that escaped the end-Permian mass extinction, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ads5614 . www ...
A Life Oasis Protected Plants During the Permian Mass Extinction Event
(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 well as sedimentological data from the South Taodonggou ...
Scientists Discover a Lost World in China That Survived Earth’s Greatest Mass Extinction
Scientists have uncovered a hidden prehistoric ecosystem in China that defied Earth's deadliest mass extinction, revealing a lost world that thrived while most life perished.
Scientists discover a ‘life oasis’ that survived Earth’s deadliest mass extinction
The end-Permian mass extinction, which struck around 252 million years ago, was the most devastating biological crisis in Earth's history. Over 80% of marine species disappeared, leaving the oceans nearly lifeless.
Chinese fossil site suggests land plants survived Earth’s worst mass extinction
A recently uncovered fossil location in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin suggests that some terrestrial ecosystems were only marginally affected by the most cataclysmic extinction event in Earth’s history, the end-Permian mass extinction.
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The Permian extinction—when life nearly came to an end
About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, something killed some 90 percent of the planet's species. Less than 5 percent of the animal species in the seas survived. On land ...
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Newly Discovered Mass Extinction Refuge Reveals Ancient Secrets for Surviving Climate Catastrophes
An ancient mass extinction event left a long-hidden refuge, whose survivors repopulated the Earth much faster than previously ...