Environmental crises at the Permian–Triassic mass extinction

J Dal Corso, H Song, S Callegaro, D Chu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The link between the Permian–Triassic mass extinction (252 million years ago) and the
emplacement of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province (STLIP) was first proposed in …

Evolution of Atmospheric O2 Through the Phanerozoic, Revisited

BJW Mills, AJ Krause, I Jarvis… - Annual review of earth …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
An oxygen-rich atmosphere is essential for complex animals. The early Earth had an anoxic
atmosphere, and understanding the rise and maintenance of high O2 levels is critical for …

Mercury evidence from southern Pangea terrestrial sections for end-Permian global volcanic effects

J Shen, J Chen, J Yu, TJ Algeo, RMH Smith… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The latest Permian mass extinction (LPME) was triggered by magmatism of the Siberian
Traps Large Igneous Province (STLIP), which left an extensive record of sedimentary Hg …

Six-fold increase of atmospheric pCO2 during the Permian–Triassic mass extinction

Y Wu, D Chu, J Tong, H Song, J Dal Corso… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Permian–Triassic mass extinction was marked by a massive release of carbon
into the ocean-atmosphere system, evidenced by a sharp negative carbon isotope …

Massive and rapid predominantly volcanic CO2 emission during the end-Permian mass extinction

Y Cui, M Li, EE Van Soelen, F Peterse… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The end-Permian mass extinction event (∼ 252 Mya) is associated with one of the largest
global carbon cycle perturbations in the Phanerozoic and is thought to be triggered by the …

The terrestrial end-Permian mass extinction in the paleotropics postdates the marine extinction

Q Wu, H Zhang, J Ramezani, F Zhang, DH Erwin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The end-Permian mass extinction was the most severe ecological event during the
Phanerozoic and has long been presumed contemporaneous across terrestrial and marine …

Volcanic CO2 degassing postdates thermogenic carbon emission during the end-Permian mass extinction

Y Wu, Y Cui, D Chu, H Song, J Tong, J Dal Corso… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Massive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are widely assumed to be the driver of the end-
Permian mass extinction (EPME). However, the rate of and total CO2 released, and whether …

[HTML][HTML] Toxic mercury pulses into late Permian terrestrial and marine environments

SE Grasby, X Liu, R Yin, RE Ernst, Z Chen - Geology, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Large spikes in mercury (Hg) concentration are observed globally at the latest Permian
extinction (LPE) horizon that are thought to be related to enhanced volcanic emissions of the …

Pulsed volcanic combustion events coincident with the end-Permian terrestrial disturbance and the following global crisis

K Kaiho, M Aftabuzzaman, DS Jones, L Tian - Geology, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Eruption of the Siberian Traps large igneous province (LIP) is thought to have
triggered the Permian-Triassic biological crisis, the largest of the Phanerozoic mass …

Lethal microbial blooms delayed freshwater ecosystem recovery following the end-Permian extinction

C Mays, S McLoughlin, TD Frank, CR Fielding… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Harmful algal and bacterial blooms linked to deforestation, soil loss and global warming are
increasingly frequent in lakes and rivers. We demonstrate that climate changes and …