Skip to comments.
Methane-spewing microbe blamed in Earth's worst mass extinction
Reuters ^
| March 31, 2014
| Will Dunham
Posted on 03/31/2014 2:36:25 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
Sometimes bad things come in small packages.
A microbe that spewed humongous amounts of methane into Earth's atmosphere triggered a global catastrophe 252 million years ago that wiped out upwards of 90 percent of marine species and 70 percent of land vertebrates.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: speculativefiction
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-74 last
To: RichInOC
what you smell is artificial....Potent But Artificial....
Yes it's....
61
posted on
03/31/2014 6:49:03 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: HiTech RedNeck
I’m giving it my best shot.
62
posted on
03/31/2014 6:49:56 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
63
posted on
03/31/2014 6:51:01 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Those microbes grew a whole lot since then, they now have 4 legs and moo!
64
posted on
03/31/2014 6:58:39 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: MeshugeMikey
Does it feed on beans and cabbage?
65
posted on
03/31/2014 6:59:42 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: dalereed
lets not slight the ROACHES.....
methane spewing democrats ALL of Em!
66
posted on
03/31/2014 7:00:09 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: beethovenfan
“So what happened to all that methane?”
Some smoker lit a match and blew up the whole planet!
67
posted on
03/31/2014 7:00:23 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
what a GREAT Science Fiction Plot that could be....
68
posted on
03/31/2014 7:00:39 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
Wymin, chidren and minorities...
69
posted on
03/31/2014 8:46:18 PM PDT
by
Blue Collar Christian
(Vote Democrat. Once you're OK with killing babies the rest is easy. <BCC><)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
I don’t think you can patent those, but if you want a bunch of methane producing anaerobic bacteria, you can get them free at your friendly local septic tank.
70
posted on
03/31/2014 8:46:48 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: DallasDeb
“I thought it was a meteor.”
They haven’t figured out a tax for that, but they will be able to tax us for farting microbes, somehow. They’re working on it.
71
posted on
03/31/2014 8:49:51 PM PDT
by
Blue Collar Christian
(Vote Democrat. Once you're OK with killing babies the rest is easy. <BCC><)
To: MeshugeMikey
How about this headline
REUTERS PASSES GAS
72
posted on
03/31/2014 9:32:51 PM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
To: MeshugeMikey
How about this headline
REUTERS PASSES GAS
73
posted on
03/31/2014 9:33:12 PM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
To: mosesdapoet
I like It!!
Reuters passes Gas and Promotes Gas bags!
74
posted on
03/31/2014 9:36:50 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-74 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson