Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

Long before the dinosaurs, the Permian period was a brutal time to be alive. In this video, we explore the strange creatures, ...

When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...

An ordinary hike through the Italian Alps has unveiled an extraordinary discovery—a 280-million-year-old ecosystem frozen in ...

Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now. An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild ...

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found.

Earth's Worst Mass Extinction Is Actually a Warning. Season 2 Episode 12 ... During the Permian period, this reef extended hundreds of miles from Texas into what's New Mexico today.