Feb 27
The Planet Cracks Open: The Siberian Traps Eruption
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — February 24, 2026 The Great Dying did not begin with a single explosion or a sudden global catastrophe. It began when Earth’s crust failed on a continental scale. The geological trigger most closely associated with the Permian–Triassic extinction event is a vast region of volcanic rock in northern Asia known…