Stanford Scientists Solve 252-Million-Year-Old Mass Extinction Mystery
The Permian-Triassic extinction, known as the “Great Dying,” eliminated 96% of marine species 252 million years ago due to rapid ocean warming and oxygen depletion. According to a Stanford-led study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the event favored mobile, high-metabolism animals like mollusks over stationary, low-metabolism groups like brachiopods, permanently reshaping … Read more