She wants to compare tree pollen from a modern forest killed by acid rain with fossil pollen found in Permian rocks. Like a homicide detective at a crime scene, Looy sealed the cone in a plastic ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

The slab of Permian rock did not hold fossilized bones, but instead revealed other evidence of ancient creatures—in this case, multiple foot and belly prints. For this new study, the team ...

Fossils in China suggest some plants survived the End-Permian extinction, indicating land ecosystems fared differently from ...

Can plants uncover the survival secrets of Earth’s darkest days? A research team from (UCC), the University of Connecticut, ...

Did you feel that? Earthquake rocks the Basin Since 2010, oil production in the Permian Basin has surged, transforming the once-declining region into one of the most productive oil fields in the world ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Permian mass extinction, 252 million years ago, was linked to a 10°C rise in global temperatures due to massive volcanic CO 2 emissions. This led to climate ...

A deep dive into Earth’s distant past shows how life on land struggled to recover long after the worst warming event of all ...

Can plants reveal the secrets of survival during Earth's darkest days? At an outcrop north of Sydney, Australia, the research ...