Around 252 million years ago, volcanoes across what is now Siberia erupted repeatedly for more than a million years, releasing perhaps 100,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and helping wipe out roughly 90 per cent of marine species in the deadliest mas
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"Around 252 million years ago, volcanoes across what is now Siberia erupted repeatedly for more than a million years, releasing perhaps 100,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and helping wipe out roughly 90 per cent of marine species in the deadliest mas" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 7 articles from 7 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Gizmodo, resilience.org, The Economic Times and Open Access Government. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
This brief was generated by Newsylist's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.
Generated by Newsylist's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 52d ago.
The reporting (7)
- Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ It’s Bad News for Our Future Gizmodo · 55d ago
- The Great Dying offers a warning for a world ignoring climate collapse resilience.org · 55d ago
- Scientists detect Earth's deadliest extinction signs in today's oceans: Great Dying started with warming s The Economic Times · 55d ago
- Metabolic vulnerability confirmed as cause of Earth’s biggest mass extinction Open Access Government · 55d ago
- Scientists finally solved the mystery of Earth's greatest mass extinction ScienceDaily · 55d ago
- Researchers confirm cause of Earth’s biggest mass extinction Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability · 55d ago
- Around 252 million years ago, volcanoes across what is now Siberia erupted repeatedly for more than a million years, releasing perhaps 100,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and helping wipe out roughly 90 per cent of marine species in the deadliest mas Space Daily · 55d ago broke it first
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