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Earth's Biggest Doomsday Event: Death By CO2 : Discovery News

Earth's Biggest Doomsday Event: Death By CO2 : Discovery News | Science News | Scoop.it
Earth's biggest mass extinction rolled over the planet like hell on wheels.

For the first time, paleontologists have pinned down exactly when and how fast the granddaddy of all mass extinctions took place, and their findings leave the finger of blame pointing squarely at a colossal and long-lived injection of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Sound familiar?

That ancient carbon dioxide came not from cars and factories, of course, but from massive volcanic eruptions, brush fires, and possibly even the combustion of coal seams ignited by hot lava.

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Timescale Matters: 800,000 years of CO2 (NOAA)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration produced this video showing the unique nature of the modern spike in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide.
More at http://www.noaa.gov
http://j.mpdotco2

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