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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 ...

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found.

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

(CNN) — A cataclysm engulfed the planet some 252 million years ago, wiping out more than 90% of all life. Known as the Great Dying, the mass extinction that ended the Permian geological period ...

The trigger for the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event was the eruption of massive amounts of molten rock in modern day ...

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.

The catastrophic event, which occurred 252 million years ago, wiped out nearly 90 per cent of all life on Earth, both on land and in the oceans.