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  "abstract": "The Permian-Triassic transition (∼252 million years ago) marks the most severe mass extinction in Earth's history, followed by a protracted interval of environmental instability and delayed biological recovery. Although elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) from extensive volcanism is widely invoked, the role of continental weathering feedbacks in regulating global climate has not been effectively constrained. Here, we present high-resolution lithium isotope records from marine carbonates and terrestrial deposits through the Permian-Triassic transition. Combined with an Earth-system model, our data reveal notable decreases in global continental weatherability following the end-Permian mass extinction, inferred to associations with widespread deforestation (extinction of deep-rooted plants) and the collapse of terrestrial ecosystem. This diminished weathering response to volcanic carbon emissions likely contributed to prolonged high atmospheric CO₂ and global temperature during the Early Triassic. The sustained greenhouse conditions, in turn, inhibited contemporaneous marine and terrestrial ecosystem recoveries. Our findings highlight the importance of terrestrial ecosystem in modulating global carbon cycle stability, and its effects on Earth's habitability.",
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    "State Key Laboratory of Critical Earth Material Cycling and Mineral Deposits, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, and Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, China.",
    "International Joint Laboratory for Life Evolution and Carbon Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.",
    "State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China.",
    "University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.",
    "Department of Geology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Lorestan 68151-44316, Iran.",
    "Department of Geosciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, USA.",
    "State Key Laboratory of Geomicrobiology and Environmental Changes (GMEC), China University of Geosciences-Wuhan, Wuhan 430074, China.",
    "State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China.",
    "MIGHTY, Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55122 Mainz, Germany.",
    "LOGIC, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK.",
    "School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK."
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  "title": "Depressed chemical weathering inhibited climate stabilization after the end-Permian biocrisis",
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