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252 million years ago, the ozone may have failed

PBS Eons' look at the Great Dying and its mutant plants has passed half a million views in two weeks, part of a six-part Permian series.

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PBS EonsStory of September 29, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Why the Permian Matters

Two weeks old and past half a million views, "Did the Ozone Collapse 252 Million Years Ago?" is the video on PBS Eons with the most pull right now. It asks what the Great Dying, the mass extinction that closed the Permian, did to the sky, and why it left behind what the description calls a global age of mutant plants.

It belongs to a bigger project. The channel is in the middle of a six-part series on life and death in the Permian, and its first episode, "When Mammals and Reptiles Split," is two months old and still drawing viewers almost as briskly, now nearing three quarters of a million views. That one starts in the swamps of the Late Carboniferous, among predatory amphibians and giant arthropods.

The week's only new upload, "Why the Permian Matters," works as a case for the whole era. Its tags list hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez and Blake de Pastino. It had a lively first day and has since settled into a gentler pace than its two older siblings.

Subscribers held steady. Among science channels of similar size, Eons sits fifth by subscribers, level with Technology Connections, while Hank Green, whose Complexly produces Eons, is having a strong week of his own.

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