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Research Team Says Extraterrestrial Impact To Blame For Ice Age Extinctions (More)
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| Northern Arizona University - Lisa Nelson
Posted on 09/25/2007 12:58:19 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
09/25/2007 12:58:22 PM PDT
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blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/25/2007 12:58:53 PM PDT
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blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
The research team believes the detonations destabilized a vast ice sheet, known as the Laurentide Ice Sheet, that covered most of what was then Canada and the northern United States. Heat from the detonation and firestorms would have melted much of the ice sheet, releasing water vapor into the atmosphere. “The result was rapid cooling of about eight degrees over the next 100 years,” Bunch said. The melting of the ice sheet and subsequent climate change would explain the water-based nature of the black mat.
The Laurentide Ice Sheet, IIRC, was about a mile thick. The heat from the detonation and the firestorms were sufficient to melt this? Really?
And then the temperature dropped eight degrees over the next 100 years? Which resulted in a lot of water, but did not contribute to a recovery of the Ice Sheet?
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:06:22 PM PDT
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ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: blam
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:07:00 PM PDT
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Paul Ross
(Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
To: blam
Ted Bunch of the Northern Arizona University geology department is a member of an international team that has found evidence of an extraterrestrial impact that may have wiped out the...
...or may not have ...
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:07:20 PM PDT
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pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: blam
Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:10:43 PM PDT
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tumblindice
(Hi there! I'm John Carter of Barsoom, Mars. You may remember me from such movies as `The Ant-Men of)
To: blam
“A hydrogen bomb is the equivalent of about 100 to 1,000 megatons,” Bunch said. “The detonations we’re talking about would be about 10 million megatons. That’s larger than the simultaneous detonation of all the world’s nuclear bombs past and present.” and we're worried about global warming.....................
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:11:16 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back!)
To: blam
Come home to mama.
To: tumblindice
Are you for real?..............
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:12:29 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back!)
To: blam
A bout of global warming killed the little beasties. :)
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:12:59 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: blam
Oh, no, maybe they were nuked by the Martians! /s
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:13:08 PM PDT
by
penowa
To: pyx
they apparently have found the extraterrerstrially-formed microscopic structures in the relevant soil layer...such an event would most definitely kill ‘some stuff.’
To: Red Badger
I’m computer generated, ignore me. :-)
To: blam
“A hydrogen bomb is the equivalent of about 100 to 1,000 megatons,”Ignoramus. Nobody builds 'em bigger than about 20 and most are smaller than about 1.
To: blam
Interesting hypothesis...still some holes that need to be filled with something else other than speculation.
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:16:10 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
(The faithful will keep their heads down, their powder dry and hammer at the enemies flanks.)
To: blam
It's a cookbook!!
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:16:56 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: WoofDog123
they apparently have found the extraterrerstrially-formed microscopic structures in the relevant soil layer...such an event would most definitely kill ‘some stuff.’
Grass ? A couple of dandelions ? A few earth-worms ?
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:17:25 PM PDT
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: crazyhorse691
Interesting hypothesis...still some holes that need to be filled with something else other than speculation.Research grants?
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:18:37 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(Free commerce is the only just way to redistribute wealth.)
To: blam
You mean it’s not George Bush’s fault?
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posted on
09/25/2007 1:18:41 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Follow the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th.)
To: tumblindice
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