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The 'Great Dying' — the worst mass extinction in our planet’s history — didn’t reach this isolated spot in China
The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...
The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...
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100,000 billion metric tons of CO2 choked Earth’s life 252 million years ago
The Permian-Triassic extinction, also known as the Great Dying, was the most devastating event in Earth’s history. 96% of ...
Earth’s ‘Great Dying’ killed 80-90% of life. How some amphibians survived.
Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...
How 56 Million American Deaths Triggered A Mini Ice Age—The Chilling Link Between The ‘Great Dying’ And Climate Change
When European diseases wiped out up to 90% of the Americas' population, abandoned farmland was swallowed by forests—pulling enough carbon from the air to help plunge the planet into a centuries-long ...
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Scientists have discovered that Earth's worst mass extinction was caused by climate change. It was called the 'Great Dying.'
About 252 million years ago, the vast majority of species on Earth were killed off in the "Great Dying," the worst mass extinction in our planet's history. Up to 96% of all marine species and 70% ...
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The Triassic Period: the rise of the dinosaurs
The Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the Great Dying, took place roughly 252 million years ago and was one of the most significant events in the history of our planet. It represents ...