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The Permian extinction—when life nearly came to an end
She believes that the Permian extinction was caused by acid rain following a massive release of volcanic gases. She wants to compare tree pollen from a modern forest killed by acid rain with ...
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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Plants struggled for millions of years after the world's worst climate catastrophe
So, after millions of years, the forest ecosystems of the Mesozoic came to look like those from before the end-Permian collapse. But crucially, the plant species that made up the new forests were ...
Ancient Fossils Reveal Survival Secrets of Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction
Can plants uncover the survival secrets of Earth’s darkest days? A research team from (UCC), the University of Connecticut, ...
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The 'Great Dying' — the worst mass extinction in our planet’s history — didn’t reach this isolated spot in China
Scientists have identified a refuge in China where it seems that plants weathered the planet's worst die-off. The end-Permian ...
Plants struggled for millions of years after Earth’s worst climate catastrophe – new study
A deep dive into Earth’s distant past shows how life on land struggled to recover long after the worst warming event of all ...