For decades, the prevailing theory behind the mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs has ... now the most detailed eruption timelines of the Deccan volcanic system, using different ...

During the Permian-Triassic extinction, Inostrancevia, a saber-toothed predator, emerged as a dominant force. Fossils ...

The largest volcanic eruption in human history resulted in a few years of warm weather, according to an analysis of ancient sediments, and not a severe volcanic winter as some researchers had thought.

speculation and science fiction regarding the possibility of a volcanic eruption. But a new study shows that such an event may be even less likely than we thought: Scientists have discovered a ...