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How might Permian flood basalt eruptions have caused mass extinction? The theory of rapid and dramatic temperature change - the initial cooling followed by global warming after a massive CO2 release - is explained. But would it have been enough to wipe out 95% of life on Earth? This programme was first shown in 2002.
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