Mass Extinction

The Great Dying: How an Ancient Cataclysm Unleashed a 5-Million-Year Heatwave

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Mass Extinction Triggered 5-Million-Year Heatwave: The Great Dying Explained

It’s hard to imagine a world so different from our own, but Earth’s history is full of dramatic events that reshaped life as we know it. One of the most devastating was the Permian-Triassic extinction event, often called ‘The Great Dying’. This happened about 252 million years ago, and it was truly catastrophic – it … Read more

Earth’s 5-Million-Year Fever: What Caused a Heatwave After the Deadliest Extinction?

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Earth's 5-Million-Year Heatwave: The Extinction Event's Aftermath

Did you know that Earth once experienced a heatwave that lasted for a staggering 5 million years? It sounds like science fiction, but this wasn’t a hypothetical scenario; it was a very real consequence of one of our planet’s most devastating events: the end-Permian mass extinction, sometimes called the “Great Dying.” This extinction event, which … Read more