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Environment & Energy

NickB79

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7. Seriously though, that had to be hell on Earth

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 02:26 PM

Dec 2013

The peak of the Permian mass extinction is probably the closest this planet has ever come to resembling an actual Hell on Earth, from the descriptions I've read.

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Earth's greatest killer finally caught, thanks to geology gumshoes (Permian mass extinction) [View all] NickB79 Dec 2013 OP

I feel sure we can top it phantom power Dec 2013 #1

Some people think this mini-documentary by Thom Hartmann is alarmist. CrispyQ Dec 2013 #2

Hey, chill, it's all okay. If the massive profits oil companies make causes us to go extinct . . . tclambert Dec 2013 #4

It wasn't just a carbon dioxide and global warming event. Ganja Ninja Dec 2013 #3

True, but a 10C warming event in a few thousand years didn't help any NickB79 Dec 2013 #5

"1,200 billion tons of methane and 4,000 billion tons of sulfur dioxide" Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #6

Seriously though, that had to be hell on Earth NickB79 Dec 2013 #7

It marked the end of the mammal-like reptiles and the rise of the dinosaurs too.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #8

Am I reading this wrong? LouisvilleDem Dec 2013 #9

Warming lead to anoxia cprise Dec 2013 #10