The Permian mass extinction is hypothesized to have been caused by volcanic eruptions resulting in:

A. global warming, lack of oxygen, and ocean
acidification.
B. ocean acidification.
C. lack of oxygen.
D. global warming.
E. global warming and lack of oxygen.


A

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