Global Warming May Have Killed the Dinosaurs

The Fun Guy sent in a link to the American Society for Microbiology site, your leading news source for everything between nano and macro. The site is featuring a story about new research into the KT barrier extinction: the period in history where the dinosaurs went extinct, along with a number of other families of species. For a number of years scientists have theorized that an impact on the Yucatan peninsula was responsible for the species crash, but microbiological examination of marine organisms of the time indicate life persisted for another 300,000 years after the 'Chicxulub impact'. The researchers at Princeton who made this discovery theorize that global warming caused by a volcanic eruption in India is a more likely culprit for the world-wide devastation. The article generalizes that there is no 'smoking gun' for this event, and further research is required.

Comments

Irony Alert

[suckmysav]

Ironically, the dinosaurs are playing a leading role in our own Global Warming Saga.

Re:Irony Alert

[Virak]

Just like your average America, a dinosaur doesn't fit in a compact car. Can you blame them for driving SUVs?

To be fair, most countries can't fit in any sort of vehicle.

Re:Irony Alert

[NiceRoundNumber]

To be fair, most countries can't fit in any sort of vehicle.

Well, The Vatican can fit on a Supertanker. Almost.

Well, THERE'S the problem!

[Bwana Geek]

Obviously, the government needs to enforce reductions in volcanic emissions. In order to save our planet, we need to progress toward the use of more environmentally-friendly natural disasters.

Nah, everybody knows the real reason

[istartedi]

Nah. Everybody knows the real reason they died out.