A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a vast trove of fossils.
If it happens like the Great Dying it will affect our distant descendants - nobody knows exactly how long the onset took, but the general estimate is between 8,000 and 100,000 years. Not a reason to put off doing anything about it, it just means a lot of other things will happen first.
If it happens like the Great Dying it will affect our distant descendants - nobody knows exactly how long the onset took, but the general estimate is between 8,000 and 100,000 years. Not a reason to put off doing anything about it, it just means a lot of other things will happen first.