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If I remember correctly, there is a theory that there was a tremendous increase in atmospheric methane, which I guess would cause more methane disolved in water. I wonder if that with temperature could have caused this phenomenon? I imagine an experiment with temperature, sea water, methane and organisms could be developed. If these were eukariots (sp?) which came later than microbes, then they may have originally evolved at a time when our temperature was high and methane rich atmosphere existed.
One of the worries about global warming is that it could release a lot of arctic methane into the atmosphere. Somewhere, perhaps at FR, I saw a report that there were signs of increasing methane release in the Russian Lena River delta. This was going to be reported on at some conference in Europe in the past year. Anyone have more info on this?
I should have said the sudden increase was about 55 million years ago.
I should have said the sudden increase was about 55 million years ago.