Volcanoes Wiped Out All Forests 250 Million Years Ago

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 15:21 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Acid rain created by a volcanic eruption caused a devastating mass extinction, leaving the planet teeming with wood-eating fungi, a new study says.

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