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The Ordovician extinction occurred in two phases, destroying 60 to 70 percent of all species. The cause was most likely continental shift triggering global cooling, devastating the oceans which were home to all life at the time.

The Devonian extinction was a prolonged event, with as many as seven different waves of extinction occurring by the end of the Devonian period. The causes were most likely varied, but in total the events wiped out 70 percent of all life on the planet.

The Permian extinction was the most severe in Earth's history, with 96 percent of sea creatures and 90 to 96 percent of land creatures becoming extinct. It may have been caused by a combination of environmental collapse and a catastrophic event.

The Triassic extinction remains a mystery to paleontologists, but over the course of 10,000 years, 70 to 75 percent of all life on Earth vanished. The Cretaceous extinction is the most famous, as it heralded the end of the dinosaurs. At least 75 percent of all species on Earth became extinct, most likely from a series of massive asteroid impacts and the resultant climate change.

1 posted on 06/04/2017 1:19:46 PM PDT by sodpoodle
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To: sodpoodle

So, we know none of these changes had anything to do with coal fired power plants.


2 posted on 06/04/2017 1:21:51 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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The Big Five Mass Extinctions:

End Ordovician, 444 million years ago, 86% of species lost
— Graptolite 2-3 cm length
Late Devonian, 375 million years ago, 75% of species lost
— Trilobite, 5 cm length
End Permian, 251 million years ago, 96% of species lost
— Tabulate coral, 5 CM
End Triassic, 200 million years ago, 80% of species lost
— Conodont teeth 1 mm
End Cretaceous, 66 million years ago, 76% of all species lost
— Ammonite 15 cm length


3 posted on 06/04/2017 1:22:13 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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The Ordovician extinction occurred in two phases, destroying 60 to 70 percent of all species. The cause was most likely continental shift triggering global cooling, devastating the oceans which were home to all life at the time.

We know no such thing.
Is the "cause" sentence a scientific finding? Or an editorial comment by a graduate student with an agenda and a very narrow "science" window?*

* All I know is this hammer and everything-I-see-is-a-nail mental deficiency.

8 posted on 06/04/2017 1:48:47 PM PDT by publius911 (I SUPPORT MY PRESIDENT?)
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and all before either Bush or Trump were born...
9 posted on 06/04/2017 1:51:27 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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To: sodpoodle

Did anyone hear that stupid, lying, tub of steaming crap, money grubbing maggot lying his fat arse off this morning?

He tried to claim Georgetown, Texas is some sort of conservative bastion in the heart of the oilfields that is just all in for green whatever.

Lying POS. Dont even feel up to a rebuttal.


12 posted on 06/04/2017 1:59:42 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: sodpoodle

Hogwash! There was ONE extinction; The Noahic Flood. They MUST acknowledge all the fossils in the ground. But the would NEVER admit that God was involved. So they cobble together these off-the-wall stories with no proof to back them up.


19 posted on 06/04/2017 2:14:31 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Known as the Father of modern agriculture)
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And speaking of fossils; Have the Darwinists ever shown us ONE fossil of ONE transitional creature evolving from one type to another? NO! In hundreds of millions of years, the transitional fossils should be UNCOUNTABLE. But there isn’t even ONE! The Bible is 100% true.


20 posted on 06/04/2017 2:22:34 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Known as the Father of modern agriculture)
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To: sodpoodle

Did not know Gore could read.


22 posted on 06/04/2017 2:32:26 PM PDT by mulligan
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“Global Warming - Climate Change” world biggest hoax and scam.
Just like Obama causing Global Flooding by pissing in the ocean.
That much can humans contribute.
Elaborate scam to screw off taxpayers off their money!

Earth climate and changes are dependent on Sun’s and Sunspots activity supplying 99.99% of energy. Humans can do schit about it.
Volcano eruptions can produce much more distractions to climate than all humans and SUVs farting together.
CO2 is not poison, it is “food” for plants, which in turn produce Oxygen, that we need to breathe.
STOP the scam, jail all the scammers!!!
God bless and protect Mr. Trump!
MAGA!!!!


23 posted on 06/04/2017 3:53:19 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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To: sodpoodle

Bookmark - a good read


24 posted on 06/04/2017 4:33:58 PM PDT by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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Is Al Gore still alive? I thought he was long extinct.


25 posted on 06/05/2017 12:19:10 AM PDT by opbuzz (Right way, wrong way, Marine way)
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