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 …

Australian forests, megafires and the risk of dwindling carbon stocks

DMJS Bowman, GJ Williamson, OF Price… - Plant, Cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the Austral spring and summer of 2019/20> 7 million ha of Eucalyptus forest and
woodland, including some of Australia's most carbon dense ecosystems, were burnt on the …

Environmental innovations, energy innovations, governance, and environmental sustainability: Evidence from South and Southeast Asian countries

L Lei, I Ozturk, M Murshed, S Abrorov, R Alvarado… - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
At the 26 th Conference of Parties (COP26), the world economies have re-pledged to
collectively attain the global objective of ensuring environmental sustainability, especially by …

Mercury fluxes record regional volcanism in the South China craton prior to the end-Permian mass extinction

J Shen, J Chen, TJ Algeo, Q Feng, J Yu, YG Xu… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Enhanced regional subduction-related volcanism in the South China craton concurrent with
Siberian Traps large igneous province magmatism was a likely contributor to major biotic …

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 …

Refined Permian–Triassic floristic timeline reveals early collapse and delayed recovery of south polar terrestrial ecosystems

C Mays, V Vajda, TD Frank, CR Fielding… - GSA …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The collapse of late Permian (Lopingian) Gondwanan floras, characterized by the extinction
of glossopterid gymnosperms, heralded the end of one of the most enduring and extensive …

[HTML][HTML] From rainforest to herbland: New insights into land plant responses to the end-Permian mass extinction

Z Feng, HB Wei, Y Guo, XY He, Q Sui, Y Zhou… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The end-Permian mass extinction is the greatest biotic crisis in Earth history causing the
extinction of a large number of marine and terrestrial animals globally. However, how land …

Fossil evidence that increased wildfire activity occurs in tandem with periods of global warming in Earth's past

SJ Baker - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
It is predicted that under a warming climate, wildfire frequency will likely increase. The
increase in fire activity is hypothesized as a likely consequence of increased atmospheric …

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 …

U-Pb dating of pedogenic calcite near the Permian–Triassic boundary, Karoo Basin, South Africa

H Rochín-Bañaga, RA Gastaldo, DW Davis… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We report U-Pb age determinations of carbonate nodules from an in situ paleosol horizon in
the Upper Permian Balfour Formation and from several horizons of pedogenic nodule …