Life of 250 million years was wiped out by volcanoes

250 million years ago about 96% of marine life and 70% of terrestrial organisms were wiped out, researchers believe that the cause is due to the formation of large coal mines that have formed volcanoes.

The drought that took place in the Permian period (about 299 million years ago) caused the extinction of numerous organisms. Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (San Diego, USA) said that when charcoal was buried, it emitted a lot of Carbon Dioxide, making the climate too hot.

Volcanoes have made the air an 'enemy' of life

Since then, volcanoes have been formed rapidly in Siberia (northern Russia). Their eruption is considered to be the largest in history with lava flows of up to 2.7 million square miles. Thus, it destroyed life.

Two skeletons of Seymouria amphibians lived 299 million years ago

Darcy Ogden led the research team, adding that lava from volcanoes burned a large amount of coal, and created an unimaginably large greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, sulfur gas has penetrated into microorganisms that produce hydrogen sulphide (H ₂ S) in the air, causing hot air to be toxic.

By 200 million years later, volcanoes still play a role in destroying life again. A series of volcanoes erupted lava and filled the air with carbon dioxide made life impossible for 500,000 years.