A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Earth's rich biodiversity, ranging from the depths of the oceans to the highest mountain peaks, has not always been as ...

By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a ...

The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending.

Scientists have identified mysterious 'blobs' about 1,200 miles under the Earth's surface that could cause massive volcanic ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

A prehistoric carbon spike turned oceans deadly and wiped out marine life. Scientists say today’s CO₂ rise could cause the ...

The 10,000-mile march through fire that made dinosaurs possible First study to consider how ancient reptiles dispersed across the Earth after end-Permian mass extinction Date: June 13, 2025 Source ...

Mass extinctions are devastating events – there is no precise definition, but these are broadly understood as leading to the loss of about 75 per cent of all species on Earth over the course of ...

In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the University of Birmingham has discovered that a rapid acidification of oceans, ...

The Late Devonian represents a critical interval in Earth’s history, marked by a profound restructuring of marine biodiversity and a series of mass extinction events. This period witnessed ...