Terrestrial 'life oasis' from end-Permian mass extinction period discovered in China
A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...
An Early Mass Extinction Event Cooked Our Planet and Erased Most Life
A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.
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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 ...
Study finds "oasis of life" thrived in NW China during Earth's worst mass extinction
This image shows the reconstruction of the terrestrial landscape before (B), during (A), and after (C) the mass extinction at the end of the Permian Period in ...
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Scientists Find Life-Thriving “Oasis” During Earth’s Mass Extinction, 252M Years Ago
Scientists have found a rare life "oasis" where plants and animals thrived during Earth's deadliest mass extinction 252 ...
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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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Global Temperatures May Have Risen 10⁰C During Permian Mass Extinction
Researchers used modelling and plant fossils to follow the planet's transition to 10 degrees of warming, which eradicated ...
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Study finds 'oasis of life' thrived in NW China during Earth's worst mass extinction
The mass extinction event, which took place at the end of the Permian Period 252 ... at the end of the Permian Period, providing essential support for migrating animals. Despite its proximity ...