Huge and widespread volcanic eruptions triggered the end-Triassic extinction

Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 12:30 in Earth & Climate

Some 200 million years ago, an increase in atmospheric CO2 caused acidification of the oceans and global warming that killed off 76 percent of marine and terrestrial species on Earth.

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