High-temperature wildfire during end-Permian caused collapse of tropical rainforest ecosystems, suggests study
Monday, May 22, 2023 - 10:22
in Earth & Climate
The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) that occurred ～252 million years ago was the most severe extinction event of the Phanerozoic, devastating both marine and terrestrial ecosystems, with the loss of ～81% and ～89% marine and terrestrial species, respectively.