The curious minds at What If uncover what life was really like during the Permian period. Poll Reveals Harris’ Approval Rating in California U.S. Futures Drop As Trump Says He’ll Send Out ...

The research team built a computer model of the global climate during the close of the Permian Period that suggested that as global temperatures rose, the El Niño events, a climate pattern that ...

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.

News Release 12-Mar-2025 China discovers terrestrial "Life oasis" from end-Permian mass extinction period Peer-Reviewed Publication Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters image: ...

The Great Dying at the end of the Permian Period 250 million years ago may have been amplified by El Niño events far stronger and longer lasting than any today. These mega El Niños caused wild ...

Therapsids, the ancient relatives of mammals, once roamed Earth in great numbers during the middle to late Permian period. These land-dwelling creatures would later evolve into mammals, but their ...

A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most ...