Fiery mountains of coal may have caused mass extinction 250 million years ago

Source: NewKerala

Thiruvananthapuram : India | about 1 month ago

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A clue to what may have triggered this disaster lies in solidified magma from this time, which is widespread in an area of Siberia where coal is also abundant. One suggestion is that the heat of the magma could have baked many billions of tonnes of CO2 out of the coal over a geologically brief period of a few...

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Fiery mountains of coal may have caused mass extinction 250 million years ...

News Source: NewKerala | about 1 month ago

A clue to what may have triggered this disaster lies in solidified magma from this time, which is widespread in an area of Siberia where coal is also abundant. One suggestion is that the heat of the magma could have baked many billions of tonnes of...