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The scientific consensus is that the main cause of the extinction was the flood basalt volcanic eruptions that created the Siberian Traps, [19] which released sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, resulting in euxinia (oxygen-starved, sulfurous oceans), [20][21] elevating global temperatures, [22][23][24] and acidifying the oceans. [25][26][3] The ...
6 gru 2018 · The largest extinction in Earth's history marked the end of the Permian period, some 252 million years ago. Long before dinosaurs, our planet was populated with plants and animals that were mostly obliterated after a series of massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia.
24 wrz 2024 · The Permian extinction was characterized by the elimination of about 90 percent of the species on Earth, which included more than 95 percent of the marine species and 70 percent of the terrestrial species. In addition, more than half of all taxonomic families present at the time disappeared.
Permian extinction, facts and information. A quarter of a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs or mammals evolved, the predator Dinogorgon, whose skull is shown here, hunted floodplains in...
22 lut 2022 · The Permian–Triassic mass extinction (252 million years ago) substantially reduced global biodiversity, with the extinction of 81–94% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate families.
25 paź 2023 · The mass extinction at the end of the Permian, nearly 252 million years ago, was the most severe to affect life on Earth. Generic extinction rates exceeded 80%, with victims encountered in all environments from the open oceans to polar forests [1–3].
5 kwi 2019 · The latest Permian mass extinction, the most devastating biocrisis of the Phanerozoic, has been widely attributed to eruptions of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province, although evidence...
