Smoking Gun of Permian Extinction (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

University of Calgary

Smoking Gun of Permian Extinction (2 of 3)

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The coal‑ash particle on the left is from the latest Permian extinction boundary at Buchanan Lake. Nunavut, the particle on the right is from a modern power plant.

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Hamed Sanei, NRCan/University of Calgary

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