New research reveals how El Nino caused the greatest ever mass extinction (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

New research reveals how El Nino caused the greatest ever mass extinction

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Surface temperature (°C) of the warmest month during peak-warmth for the Permian-Triassic mass extinction 252 million years ago. 

 

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University of Bristol and China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

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