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

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on Earth.

Since the first sharks emerged in the world’s oceans nearly half a billion years ago, the world has gone through five major ...

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 ...

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...

The huge climate changes back then occurred during the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction – sometimes referred to as the "Great Dying," which happened around 252 million years ago, leading to ...

A prehistoric carbon spike turned oceans deadly and wiped out marine life. Scientists say today’s CO₂ rise could cause the ...

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

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Massive natural carbon releases 300 million years ago caused sharp declines in ocean oxygen, disrupting marine life. Scientists uncovered five such "burps" using sediment cores and climate ...

Five MetroWest communities whose year-over-year median home sale price exceeds that of the state.