US EditionThe ‘Great Dying’ Wiped Out 90% of Life, Then Came 5 Million Years of Lethal Heat. New Fossils Explain Why
CHINA AND GLOBAL TROPICAL CONTINENTS, JUL 2 – Research shows tropical forest collapse during the Permian extinction caused loss of carbon sequestration, sustaining a five-million-year super-greenhouse effect with CO2 levels remaining high.
- Around 252 million years ago, the Great Dying wiped out approximately 90% of life on Earth.
- This event was caused by volcanic activity in the Siberian Traps, leading to intense global warming and the collapse of ecosystems.
- The absence of forests negatively impacted oxygen-carbon cycles, as noted by Michael Benton.
- Research warns that rapid global warming could lead to the collapse of current rainforests, which may worsen climate conditions.
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When rainforests died, the planet caught fire: New clues from Earth’s greatest extinction
When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: once they collapsed, Earth’s biggest carbon sponge vanished, CO₂ rocketed, and a five-million-year heatwave followed. Fossils from China and clever climate models now link that botanical wipe-out to runaway warming, hinting that losing today’s tropical forests could lock us in a furnace we can’t easily cool.
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