Fig. 5: The end of the LPIA and the dawn of the Early Permian warmth.
From: Rapid rise in atmospheric CO2 marked the end of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age

A relatively rapid rise in atmospheric CO2 approximately 294 Ma released the Earth from its penultimate icehouse (left) and transitioned the world to a warmer and drier climate of the Early Permian (right). Palaeo-artistic rendering based on findings of this study and previously published literature (Supplementary Information Section 7).