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The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why
A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...
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Earth Became a Hothouse 250 Million Years Ago, And We Finally Know Why
The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...
New fossils from Earth's most famous extinction show climate tipping point was crossed
The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...
New Fossils Shed Light on the Great Dying
The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...
Oxygen May Have Caused a Mass Extinction. Then It Led to Human Life
Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.
Shells Tell an Epic 500-Million-Year Tale of Ocean Survival
Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...
How night lizards survived the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs
Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...
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NASA may have witnessed a mass extinction — Terrifying phenomenon keeps the world on edge
NASA has spotted something that It was never seen in decades exploring the outer space. At the center of the galaxy, a ...
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These Lizards Mysteriously Survived the Asteroid Strike That Killed the Dinosaurs—and Their Descendants Are Still Alive Today
Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...