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Volcanic Warming Eyed in 'Great Dying'

Posted by michael on from the learning-from-history,-hopefully dept.

gollum123 writes "AP writes on an article in the journal Science where an ancient version of global warming may have been to blame for the greatest mass extinction in Earth's history. 'In an event known as the "Great Dying," some 250 million years ago, 90 percent of all marine life and nearly three-quarters of land-based plants and animals went extinct. Researchers think the answer is Massive volcanic flows in what is now Siberia, and believe the extinctions were caused by global warming and oxygen deprivation over long periods of time."

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  1. I knew it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I should have never given Dick Cheney that time machine. I was not aware of the mischief he was capable of.

    1. Re:I knew it... by mahdi13 · · Score: 3, Funny
      I should have never given Dick Cheney that time machine. I was not aware of the mischief he was capable of.
      As long as he doesn't go off the path and step on a butterfly, things shouldn't get much worse...
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  2. All this time by Fr05t · · Score: 4, Funny

    "90 percent of all marine life and nearly three-quarters of land-based plants and animals went extinct"

    And all this time I thought it was nine-tenths of all marine life, and 75% of land-based life that went extinct.

  3. More like the "Great Baking" by GillBates0 · · Score: 3, Funny
    The good part is that once we get the earth sufficiently heated up, we won't have to cook anymore!

    Mmmm baked vegetable and meat medley.

    The sad part is that we'll be part of the main course....I'll have Geek au gratin please with a side of elephant home fries.

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  4. Re:Money and Power by Baramin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Article doesn't blame Americans for anything... You know other countries have factories, oil, pollution, etc ?

    Well, you know there are other countries at least ?

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  5. dinosaurs with cars by mzwaterski · · Score: 2, Funny
    Did dinosaurs drive cars and use cans of aerosal hair spray? How did global warming occur if it wasn't their fault? Must have been due to methane gas release (flatulence sp?).

    It certainly couldn't have been caused by nature...

  6. Re:16% oxygen? by RandoX · · Score: 1, Funny

    WFT? People post without reading the article carefully? The devil, you say!

  7. Re:Proves once again by Scrameustache · · Score: 2, Funny

    Earth is more complex than anyone can comprehend or understand, it will outlast humans by a long shot, nothing we will do will kill it.

    That sounds like a challenge!

    Now, where did I hide the plans for my doomsday device...

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  8. Re:Full Story by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Funny


    Slashdot needs a moderation choice "-1: Huge block of unformatted text".

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    You can't take the sky from me...

  9. "Noah was here." by enigmals1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    We Christians called it "the flood"...and it wasn't 250 mil. years ago.