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S YNTHESIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE In 2010, the Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island
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S YNTHESIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE In 2010, the Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat erupted violently, spewing huge clouds of ash and gases into the sky. Explain how the volcanic eruptions at the end of the Permian period and the formation of Pangaea, both of which occurred about 251 million years ago, set in motion events that altered evolutionary history.
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S YNTHESIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE In 2010, the Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat erupted violently, spewing huge clouds of ash and gases into the sky. Explain how the volcanic eruptions at the end of the Permian period and the formation of Pangaea, both of which occurred about 251 million years ago, set in motion events that altered evolutionary history.
ANSWER:The eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 2010 and the ones that ended the Permian period 251 million years ago are connected in terms of their global impacts on the environment and evolutionary history. The explosive eruption at the end of the Permian mass extinction, caused by massive outpourings of lava and sulfuric gases, was strong enough to alter global weather system