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Writer Fuel: Did UV Radiation Cause a Mass Extinction Event on Earth?

Seymouria from the Early Permian Period - deposit photos

A lethal pulse of ultraviolet (UV) radiation may have played a role in Earth’s biggest mass extinction event, fossilized pollen grains reveal. Pollen that dates to the time of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event, roughly 250 million years ago, produced “sunscreen” compounds that shielded against harmful UV-B radiation, the analysis found. At that time, approximately … Read more