Other Permian detectives suspect the killer oozed up from the sea. For years scientists have known that the deep ocean lacked oxygen in the late Permian. But most life is concentrated in shallow ...

Earth. Yet, a region in China provided a haven for plants and animals, revealing unexpected resilience. This discovery, ...

Produced water from the Permian Basin could even help revitalize oceans, according to Joseph Alexander, founder and president ...

leading to a massive collapse of the ocean ecosystem. The situation on land is far hazier. Only a handful of places around ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch ... leading to dramatic global warming, deoxygenated oceans, and mass extinction. However, many plants survived, leaving behind fossils ...

ExxonMobil detailed its water management efforts while Midland Mayor Lori Blong highlighted the industry's role in future water supplies ...

Permian Basin-focused Diamondback Energy emerged as the region’s reigning independent producer giant a year ago following its $26 billion buyout of privately-held Endeavor Energy Resources. That ...

ocean acidification and prolonged droughts. "Recovery in marine life after the end-Permian extinction has been extensively studied, but the timeline of ecosystem recovery in life on land is much ...

Scientists found that forests did not recover quickly after Earth’s worst extinction. Instead, plant life changed in phases.