Ancient Earth was hit by rain storms hundreds of miles wide that dumped a foot of rain in just a few hours during extreme 116°F 'hothouse' periods billions of years ago, study reveals

Daily Mail UK ^ | 09 November 2021 | JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE

[blueplum]

Ancient Earth was hit by extreme 'hothouse' periods of intense dryness, followed by massive rainstorms, a new study reveals.

These rainstorms were hundreds of miles wide and could dump more than a foot of rain in a matter of hours, Harvard University scientists report....

... for multiple periods in Earth's history, our planet experienced hothouse' periods' that were around 20°F to 30°F hotter than it is today.

Earth likely experienced these periods multiple times in its distant past and will experience them again hundreds of millions of years from now as the sun continues to brighten, say they team, who based their results on computer simulations....

[freedumb2003]

Human activity blamed

[gundog]

Back then the fossil fuels were still alive.

[madison10]

I had the same thought.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks blueplum.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks blueplum.

[GOP Poet]

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[Getready]

Start burning those fossil fuels. We need to keep warm.

[Aria]

Back then the fossil fuels were still alive.

LOL - and so true.

[Sequoyah101]

How can they possibly know what happened millions of years ago when they can’t forecast the weather for tomorrow or next week?

[Jumper]

It’s science fiction. Speculation and damnable lies. The truth is simply “follow the money.”

[Texas Fossil]

Well duhhh!

I actually had proof that we got 8-1/2” of rain in 3 hours in my father’s backyard last year. Along with 80 mph winds.

FACT!

[Texas Fossil]

Yep

[Adder]

will experience them again hundreds of millions of years from now as the sun continues to brighten,

No, stop!...its happening NOW!

We can’t wait!

Everyone put a bucket of ice on your porch on Nov 20 to lower the globul temp!

Save yourselves!

[Mark17]

First time I drove into the Dry Devils River valley, I asked about the house sized boulders in the river bed.

Thousand Year Flood?

Maybe it was Noah’s Flood that did it.

[gleeaikin]

When do archaeologists and anthropologists figure that the Noah flood event took place. Some such story figures in the stories of a number of peoples spread throughout the earth.

[Pol-92064]

The Noah Flood is a myth.

[SunkenCiv]

As soon as people who think it did take place realize that this rain happened billions of years ago.

[Conan the Librarian]

Back then, there MAY have been single cell life (bacteria, algae), but, that’s it. More complex life didn’t come along until around 1 billion years ago.

[MuttTheHoople]

In every major religion and culture, there’s a flood story.

[M Kehoe]

Sounds like a typical cat 3 hurricane today.

5.56mm