El Niño, extinction
Scientists Think a Mega-El Niño Helped Spark the ‘Great Dying’
While El Niño climate patterns today are responsible for prolonged droughts and high temperatures, during the end-Permian (some 251 million years ago), they contributed to what was nearly the end of all life on Earth.
Earth's greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago shows what happens when El Niño gets out of control
Around 252 million years ago, the world suddenly heated up. Over a geologically brief period of tens of thousands of years, 90% of species were wiped out. Even insects, which are rarely touched by such events,
El Nino and Massive Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Mass Extinction of Life 250 Million Years Ago
The eruption of the Siberian Traps, a series of massive volcanic rifts, spewed vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This phenomenon caused extreme climate heating, leading to a series of long-lasting and severe El Niño events.
When Mega El Niño Rewrote Earth’s Fate: The Untold Story of the Largest Mass Extinction
Researchers have linked the largest mass extinction event, which occurred 252 million years ago during the Permian-Triassic period, to Mega El Niño events causing extreme ocean warming. This new study reveals how volcanic eruptions increased CO2 levels,
New research reveals how El Niño caused the greatest ever mass extinction
Mega ocean warming El Niño events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research.
'Mega' El Niño may have fueled Earth's biggest mass extinction
Volcanoes spewing carbon dioxide 250 million years ago heated the climate so much that extreme El Niño events became the norm, pushing most life on Earth past its limits.
How El Nino and mega ocean warming caused the greatest-ever mass extinction
Mega ocean warming El Nino events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research. The study has shed new light on why the effects of rapid climate change in the Permian-Triassic warming were so devastating for all forms of life in the sea and on land.
‘Mega El Niños’ Were Behind the Planet’s Worst Mass Extinction
The largest mass extinction event in Earth's history was partially the fault of a series of "mega El Niños" set off by volcanic eruptions.
US Gives $80 Million Boost to African Farmers Battling El Niño
The US has committed more than $80 million in funding under a new program to help grow agricultural output in three southern ...
El Niño may have ended, but its legacy is greater hunger in sub-Saharan Africa
El Niño events result in abnormally high sea surface temperatures in the Pacific which weaken or reverse these easterly winds ...
El Nino that sparked biggest extinction: Wiped out 90 per cent of life on Earth 252 million years ago
New research by an international team of scientists has suggested that a mega El Nino turned the planet into a hothouse, ...
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El Niño-Induced Water Crisis Drubbing Villagers in Zimbabwe
The El Niño-induced drought has such a severe impact on some Zimbabwean rural areas that villagers dig river beds to find the ...
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El Nino And La Nina
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