A new study suggests that an area in China’s Turpan-Huma Basin serves as a refuseum, or “life oasis”, for terrestrial plants during the end-pirate mass extinct, the most severe biological crisis since the Cambrian period.

A new study suggests that an area in China’s Turpan-Huma Basin serves as a refuseum, or “life oasis”, for terrestrial plants during the end-pirate mass extinct, the most severe biological crisis since the Cambrian period.