[snarks_when_bored]

95% of all living species disappeared in the Permian extinction. Hydrogen sulfide might have been the cause.

[beyond the sea]

Volcanic eruptions in Siberia 251 million years ago may have started a cascade of events

251,000,000 -- how accurate!

;-)

[beyond the sea]

95% of all living species disappeared in the Permian extinction.

But the likes of Janet Reno survived. Where's the justice in nature?

;-)

[Dog Gone]

We had to get rid of those nasty trilobites somehow.

[yer gonna put yer eye out]

Did you know that Algore discovered hydrogen sulfide? :0)

[YOUGOTIT]

There is no way that a statement like that can be believed. It is a theory, as with the people who believe that the earth turned into a snowball and ended most life or was that another time.

[Buwan]

They had SUVs way back then?

[Uncle Miltie]

Hydrogen Sulfide: If Siberian gaseous emissions were enough to kill most species, it really ought to lay off the chili.

[Noachian]

Let's see if I have this right:

If every country signed the Kyoto Treaty, and we all went back to living in the preindustrial age, nature could still come along and wipe us all out. Is that right?

[ClearCase_guy]

This idea that volcanoes near the arctic circle could cause Global Warming ... fascinating ... I wonder ... could it happen again? If we were to find ... let's say ... a chain of volcanoes near Alaska ... that were, you know ... warming the arctic waters ... could that cause Global Warming? Or is this something that only worked 251 million years ago?

[Toddsterpatriot]

Global warming led to atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and Permian extinction

And it was all Bush's fault because he pulled out of Kyoto!!

[GeronL]

Volcano???

Not SUV's??

[JasonC]

The problem I have believing it is that (1) it'd take absolutely huge quantities of such stuff in the air to have any impact (2) there is precious little evidence of widespread huge spikes in the time dimension in deposited sulfur in rock strata. The whole thing looks to me like a rather silly hack tower.

[alchemist54]

why that combined with Dino farts (methane)--Thank God there were no HUMANS around think how much worse it could have been!!!!!

[Proud2BeRight]

Blame Bush.

[Mike Darancette]

One of the most misleading titles I have ever read.

[qam1]

During the end-Permian extinction 95 percent of all species on Earth became extinct, compared to only 75 percent during the K-T when a large asteroid apparently caused the dinosaurs to disappear.

Not apparently, Not ever!! There was no asteroid that caused the Dinosaurs to become extinct. I wish the media would get over that long debunked hypothesis. Yeah, I know it sounds cool with the Hollywood ending to the Dinos but it's not based in reality.

But speaking of Dinosaurs, If the Siberian traps caused the mass extinction in the Permian that would give more credence to the Deccan Traps being the culprit in the mass extinction in the Cretaceous.

[TChris]

Global Warming:

Repeat after me:

Man-made Global Warming^TM is a MYTH!
Man-made Global Warming^TM is a MYTH!
Man-made Global Warming^TM is a MYTH!

• The Truth About the Environment (Author is a former "Deep-Green" believer)
• Increasing Carbon Dioxide and Global Climate Change(Hint: No correlation)
• Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide(Hint: Plants grow faster)
• Breaking The Hockey Stick
• Global Warming? What a load of poppycock!
• Coconuts in Wyoming?
• Ice Core Temperature Reconstructions from Svalbard, Norway: 1930's Warmest Decade
• Debunking the Global Warming Hypes
• Global Warming is Not Scientific
• A Brief History of Ice Ages and Warming
• The myth of Kyoto
• A Major Deception on Global Warming (UN panel, IPCC, censored "Global Warming" skeptics)
• Are the Media Giving You the Whole Story on Global Warming?

[ManHunter]

Wow! I'm glad that's cleared up. I thought it was excessive emissions from Fred Flintstone's vehicle and dinosaur flatulence.

[SunkenCiv]

An oldie:

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