A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

Ever since the first dinosaur fossils were identified in the 19th century, scientists have been trying to figure out why ...

In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Extinction has happened ever since life began. It is estimated that 98% of all the organisms that ever existed on Earth are now extinct. Clearly, becoming extinct is catastrophic for some species ...

(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 ...

Jan. 13, 2022 — The history of life on Earth has been marked five times by events of mass biodiversity extinction caused by extreme natural phenomena. Today, many experts warn that a Sixth Mass ...

Major Events. The Cretaceous period is known for the K-Pg extinction event. This event happened approximately 66 million years ago. During this time, many invertebrates and large vertebrates ...

Then, life rebounded, as it always seems to do. “After every extinction event, this place is devastated, but life is so resilient it comes back,” says Weisman.

Instead, the team hypothesized a stellar explosion may have been a potential factor in the Late Devonian extinction event 372 million years ago and one at the end of the Late Ordovician 445 ...

It was a time of significant changes for life on Earth, including the extinction of some It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...