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