Mass Extinction Caused by Deadly 'Earth Burp'
They are still arguing over the cause of the Permian extinction, an extinction that was a lot worse than that which killed the dinosaurs.
Micha Ruhl and researchers from the Nordic Center for Earth Evolution at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have found that the mass extinction of half of Earth’s marine life over 200 million years ago was likely the result of a giant release of carbon methane in the atmosphere.
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In an article published in the September issue of Geology, Gregory Ryskin, associate professor of chemical engineering, suggests that huge combustible clouds produced by methane gas trapped in stagnant bodies of water and suddenly released
a couple years ago, Like Kivu released methane and killed a bunch of people. That is why some are worried that plans to "mine" tropical lakes for methane will cause a similar release of methane.
The previous explanation was the release of lava in Siberia (a "flood basalt eruption").
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