New fossil evidence has revealed that the collapse of tropical forests during the Earth’s most devastating extinction event ...

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As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

Fossils from Earth’s biggest extinction reveal forest collapse triggered runaway warming - offering a warning for today’s ...

When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: once they collapsed, Earth’s biggest carbon sponge vanished, CO₂ rocketed, and ...

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...

Triassic Mass Extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," which occurred around 252 million years ago and wiped out nearly ...

The end-Permian mass extinction was the deadliest event in Earth’s history. Also called the Great Dying, it is thought to have nearly wiped out all life on Earth 252 million years ago.

We’re in a biodiversity crisis, but it's tough to compare it to past periods of mass death.

The Great Dying marks the transition from the Permian to the Triassic period, so it’s often referred to as the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, or the Permian-Triassic Boundary.

Great Dying debates During the end-Permian mass extinction ––also called the Great Dying–80 percent of marine species were wiped out.