A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s history as ... These gases continually warmed the atmosphere, while bursts of ash from the eruptions shut out the sun’s light. As you might expect ...

New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...

During the Triassic Period, when dinosaurs first evolved ... The impact also threw huge amounts of dust and debris into the ...

The Triassic Period was a time of great change. Bookended by extinctions, this era saw huge shifts in the diversity and dominance of life on Earth, ushering in the appearance of many well-known groups ...

That distinction belongs to the Permian-Triassic extinction or the Great Dying. During this dramatic period of climate ... reductions in oxygen in the atmosphere, mega El Niños, acid rain ...

Huge volcanoes erupted, releasing 100,000 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere ... while the first period of the Triassic—the Induan—had a disturbed climate which the ...

Earth’s continents are constantly shifting. About 252 to 199 million years ago, all the continents were actually one huge “supercontinent” surrounded by one enormous ocean. Slowly, this ...

The Triassic covers the period from 252 to 201 million years ago. The area of present-day Baden-Württemberg was a central part of the Central European Basin. The extraordinary abundance of ...

Learn about the time period that took place 251 to 199 million years ago. 3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a ...