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Mega ocean warming El Niño events were a significant driver of the largest mass extinction of life on Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research.

A “tag-team” between the oceans and continents millions of years ago devasted marine life – and altered the course of evolution on Earth, say scientists.

The global concentrations of one of the main air pollutants known to affect human health have been graphically illustrated for the first time by a team of scientists.

Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how plants regulate climate and sound a warning about rising temperatures.

Scientists from the University of Leeds have helped to recover the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth’s mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet’s largest component.