Rapid Warming Likely Caused Largest Extinction Event Ever, Says Study

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Rapid Warming Likely Caused Largest Extinction Event Ever, Says Study The study, published in Science, comes from scientists with the University of Washington and Stanford. Known as the great dying, the event wiped out the majority of animals in both the water and on land. It took place 252 million years ago. The new research connects the mass-extinction to a rise in the Earth's temperature. The event saw a spike in temperature of about 10°C. It could have happened over the course of hundreds of years. As water temperature rose, the oceans lost oxygen. This caused up to 96% of the Earth's marine life to basically suffocate. Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian' Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian' Over the past 100 years, the modern temperature of the earth has risen about 1°C. Without radical changes in greenhouse gas emissions, Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian' Curtis Deutsch, study co-author, via 'The Guardian'