tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post6401246392363174200..comments2024-02-26T21:27:17.091+13:00Comments on The Fundy Post: Lost for wordsPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-3566954071204618222009-12-13T02:59:13.622+13:002009-12-13T02:59:13.622+13:00Indeed, when the Siberian traps erupted the CO2 th...Indeed, when the Siberian traps erupted the CO2 thus released raised the temperature of the earth. Then a variety of tipping points happened (the signatures of carbon isotopes are in the rocks) such as the methane hydrates letting go and the latest one is that the lava burned a pile of coal too. That raised temperatures so much that ocean circulation stopped, completely. The oceans stratified with only the top couple of metres oxygenated. That is why 90% of marine species (all the trilobites) died and only 30% of terrestrial ones. We call the Permian mass extinction, the largest one we know of. <br /><br />The genus Homo has never faced a mass extinction on anything like that scale before and there is guarantee we will survive the next one. <br /><br />BTW the ocean dying is a tipping point in and of itself since in that state it is incapable of absorbing much in the way of CO2.Peter in Dundeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-22376972766352918592009-12-12T23:15:27.888+13:002009-12-12T23:15:27.888+13:00OMG. [or whatever atheists take in vain] Can we de...OMG. [or whatever atheists take in vain] Can we deport any of these idiots off-planet? Perhaps they'd like to go mess up someplace the rest of us aren't living.<br /><br />Can I have a piece of pi, please? it looks tasty.Grace Dalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184423873725462269noreply@blogger.com