Microorganisms might explain the slow rebound from the "Great Dying." A model of a radiolarian at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. At the end …
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The Great Dying and Why It Still Matters
252 million years ago, 90% of the species on Earth went extinct during The Great Dying, and scientists are starting to uncover the clues
About 90% of all species went extinct during the "Great Dying" around 252 million years ago, but in the case of one paleo-beast — the so-called …
This photo from NASA's Suomi NPP satellite shows the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth in "Blue Marble" view. The photo, released Feb. 2, 2012, is a …
A great explosive burning of coal set fire and made molten by lava bubbling from the Earth's mantle , looking akin to Kuwait's giant oil fires but …
Mountains in the United Arab Emirates preserve evidence of the Permian 'Great Dying'. Death by acid was the fate of the sea monsters that perished in …
