The coming suffocation.....

[Aviation Pro]

...250,000,000 years ago when the Earth had one land mass, there was an extinction event that killed off 95% of the flora and fauna on the planet. Some researchers theorize that it was a massive rift in the Earth's crust that caused enormous lava flows which elevated the level of greenhouse gases to the point were the planet became oxygen starved. However, a relatively recent suggestion is that the elevated temperatures, the result of little circulation in the interior of the land mass, led to a stagnation of the ocean's currents and circulation and caused the release of CO₂ which suffocated both land and sea organisms.

Now there is a concern among researchers that the same phenomenom may occur due to global warming. Although it is highly unlikely that it will occur in the next couple of generations it is worth noting and addressing in the not too distant future.

[Lincolngirl]

1. Link? n/t

[Aviation Pro]

2. All over the place....

...try the Discovery or Science channel web sites.

[Lincolngirl]

3. Thx

I've seen a lot on this, but was thinking you were referring to specific article,

[Double T]

4. Mother nature and planet earth will purge the scourge that destroys it..........

eventually. Then, she can start over with far less destructive species.