As one of the coldest periods in Earth's history, the Hirnantian Icehouse played a crucial role in the second-largest mass extinction in Earth's history, known as the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction, ...

Let’s start with a clear definition of what constitutes a mass extinction. Unlike regular extinctions, which occur at a steady background rate — about 10% of species lost every million years — mass ...

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

The eruption of the Siberian Traps, a series of massive volcanic rifts, spewed vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the ...

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

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 ...

Scientists have unravelled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before palaeolithic humans ...

New research reveals that mega ocean warming El Niño events played a pivotal role in the largest extinction event on Earth, ...