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A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a ...

The worst came a little over 250 million years ago — before dinosaurs walked the earth — in an episode called the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction, or the Great Dying, when 90% of life in the ...

Mass extinction, 'Great Dying' could happen again, scientists warn. By Harry Pettit , Senior Digital Technology and Science Reporter The Sun. Published December 7, 2018 9:48am EST.

Mass extinctions are evolutionary turning points — brief moments on a geologic time scale that drastically change the course of life on earth. One moment in particular stands out. The Permian-Triassic ...

Scientists exploring the remains of an ancient crater off the northwest coast of Australia say they have found fresh evidence that a monster meteorite smashed into ...

Mass extinctions are devastating events. The largest, called the Great Dying, brought the Permian era to an end. In the process, it wiped out over 80 percent of the genera on the planet, and over ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth’s most severe extinction incident wiped out all living things on the planet, but scientists have always wondered what made the event so severe.

The mass extinction – known as The Great Dying – occurred at the end of the Permian period some 252 million years ago and was by far the worst of the five mass extinctions on Earth in terms of ...

'The Great Dying' The huge climate changes back then occurred during the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction – sometimes referred to as the "Great Dying," which happened around 252 million years ...