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To: SunkenCiv

This doesn’t seem like news. The fossils of insanely big dragonflies have always indicated high levels of oxygen. You can’t have big insects without a lot of O2. Inverse law, or something.


9 posted on 08/22/2019 6:58:42 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: ClearCase_guy
...jumped from around 15% to around 19%. For comparison, there is 21% oxygen in today's atmosphere.

14 posted on 08/22/2019 7:10:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The current oxygen level is below the estimated level required to support the much larger insects in the fossil record. An amount close to 35% oxygen is required, nearly a spontaneous combustion promoting level.


16 posted on 08/22/2019 7:23:35 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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