The end-Permian mass extinction, which struck around 252 million years ago, was the most devastating biological crisis in Earth's history. Over 80% of marine species disappeared, leaving the ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth was nearly lifeless, with nearly all life forms wiped out. This event, known as the Permian–Triassic mass extinction, or the Great Dying, was the most catastrophic ...

The end-Permian mass extinction, which occurred approximately 252 million years ago, wiped out over 80% of marine species, and its impact on land has long been debated.

The end-Permian mass extinction occurred around 252 million years ago, and wiped out over 80% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial species due to extreme environmental changes including global ...

About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian, a major extinction event killed over 90 per cent of life on earth, including insects, plants, marine animals, amphibians, and reptiles.

Life—in its myriad forms and billions of years on Earth—hasn’t ever experienced as harrowing an event as the end-Permian mass extinction.Fittingly known as The Great Dying, this period saw ...

“Geochemistry of the end-Permian extinction event in Austria and Italy: No evidence for an extraterrestrial component,” GEOLOGY, December 2004, v. 32, no. 12, p. 1053-1056.

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the end-Permian mass extinction around 252 million years ago, according to new ...