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The Hidden Antarctic Giant: How Earth’s Biggest Crater May Have Triggered History’s Deadliest Mass Extinction

Scientists have discovered a massive 300-mile-wide crater hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice that may have triggered the Permian extinction, Earth’s most devastating mass extinction event 252 million years ago. This colossal impact could explain how 96% of marine life and 70% of land animals vanished in the event known as the Great Dying.

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