New Fossil Evidence Reveals Causes of Earth's Most Severe Extinction and Post-Event Climate Crisis
TL;DR
New research on fossils from Earth's most famous extinction event shows that the collapse of tropical forests led to reduced carbon sequestration, causing prolonged global warming and crossing climate tipping points, with implications for understanding past and future climate change.
Topics:top-newsscience#carbon-sequestration#climate-change#fossil-record#permian-triassic-extinction#science#tropical-forests
- New fossils from Earth's most famous extinction show climate tipping point was crossed Phys.org
- The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why CNN
- Around 250 million years ago, Earth was near-lifeless and locked in a hothouse state. Now scientists know why The Conversation
- Early Triassic super-greenhouse climate driven by vegetation collapse nature.com
- The ‘Great Dying’ Wiped Out 90% of Life, Then Came 5 Million Years of Lethal Heat — New Fossils Explain Why Vocal
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