A new study links the largest mass extinction, which occurred 252 million years ago during the Permian-Triassic period, to ...

Around 252 million years ago, the world suddenly heated up. Over a geologically brief period of tens of thousands of years, ...

Volcanoes spewing carbon dioxide 250 million years ago heated the climate so much that extreme El Niño events became the norm ...

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million ...

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Researchers have linked the largest mass extinction event, which occurred 252 million years ago during the Permian-Triassic ...

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions elevate the extinction risk for mammals, ...

Asteroid hunter Jacqueline Fazekas started the evening of Sept. 4, 2024, much like she spends half of every lunar month: ...

Mega ocean warming El Nino events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research. The study has shed new light on why the ...

was the greatest of the "big five" mass extinctions in Earth's history. It's easy to see why volcanoes were blamed. The onset of extinction coincides almost perfectly with the beginning of the ...