Artwork of the triggering of the mass extinction (IMAGE)

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Artwork of the triggering of the mass extinction

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Illustration depicting the onset of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction based on findings of Jurikova et al. (2020). Ocean acidification and vanishing marine life in the surface ocean caused by a large release of volcanic CO2 from Siberian Traps. Illustrated by: Dawid Adam Iurino

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(PaleoFactory, Sapienza University of Rome) for Jurikova et al. (2020).

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