252 million years ago, climate change nearly wiped out life on Earth; something similar is happening today
If this sounds a bit alarming... it should.
Tag: permian-triassic extinction
Ozone-depleting chemicals may have caused the largest mass extinction in history
A massive volcano in Siberia killed 90% of all life, and halogen chemicals spewed by it played a major role.
Ancient rocks reveal causes of Earth’s greatest mass extinction event
The new findings call our current theories on the mass extinction event into question.
The Permian extinction – caused by “lemon juice” acidic rain ?
The Permian extinction was the biggest extinction ever, killing 96% of all marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrates Possible ...
Ancient volcanic eruptions caused mass extinction 200 million years ago
Some 200 million years ago half of all life on Earth went extinct, thus providing a window of opportunity for ...
During the greatest mass extinction in Earth’s history the world’s oceans reached 40°C – lethally hot
Between 247 to 252 million years ago, Earth life was going through quite possibly its most dire time. During this ...
Earth took 10 million years to recover from biggest extinction
Some 250 million years ago, life on Earth passed through its toughest time so far, as 96% of all marine ...