Volcanic Warming Eyed in 'Great Dying' 353
gollum123 writes "AP writes on an article in the journal Science where an ancient version of global warming may have been to blame for the greatest mass extinction in Earth's history. 'In an event known as the "Great Dying," some 250 million years ago, 90 percent of all marine life and nearly three-quarters of land-based plants and animals went extinct. Researchers think the answer is Massive volcanic flows in what is now Siberia, and believe the extinctions were caused by global warming and oxygen deprivation over long periods of time."
I knew it... (Score:5, Funny)
All this time (Score:5, Funny)
And all this time I thought it was nine-tenths of all marine life, and 75% of land-based life that went extinct.
More like the "Great Baking" (Score:4, Funny)
Mmmm baked vegetable and meat medley.
The sad part is that we'll be part of the main course....I'll have Geek au gratin please with a side of elephant home fries.
Re:I knew it... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Money and Power (Score:2, Funny)
Well, you know there are other countries at least ?
dinosaurs with cars (Score:2, Funny)
It certainly couldn't have been caused by nature...
Re:16% oxygen? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Proves once again (Score:3, Funny)
That sounds like a challenge!
Now, where did I hide the plans for my doomsday device...
Re:Full Story (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot needs a moderation choice "-1: Huge block of unformatted text".
"Noah was here." (Score:3, Funny)