Gizmodo.com July 14, 2026 • 11:30

Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ It’s Bad News for Our Future - Gizmodo

By Ellyn Lapointe

Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ It’s Bad News for Our Future - Gizmodo

The greatest mass extinction of all time was triggered by climatic conditions that are beginning to reappear today, scientists warn.

Roughly 252 million years ago, nearly all life on Earth vanished. In a blink of geologic time, the Permian-Triassic mass extinctionalso known as the Great Dyingwiped 96% of marine species and 70% of … [+3382 chars]

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