The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why | CNN
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A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a vast trove of fossils.
  • Carvex@lemmy.world
    23·
    20 hours ago

    So maybe we shouldn’t cut down our rainforests for cheap cheeseburgers and steak, they seem kind of important to existing

    • atro_city@fedia.io
      12·
      20 hours ago

      Fuck communist vegan. Maybe think about what I want instead of what others desire for once? Jeez, it can’t be that hard to see all the money the rainforests are worth once cut down and sold. /s

      • BroBot9000@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        17 hours ago

        What? You don’t want to have the convenience of plopping your brain in a jar so that an automated hallucination machine can think for you while burning fossil fuels and water faster than you can say climate disaster?

  • Dem Bosain@midwest.socialEnglish
    5·
    15 hours ago

    There is a sliver of hope: The rainforests that currently carpet the tropics may be more resilient to high temperatures than those that existed before the Great Dying.

    There is a sliver of hope (/s).

    Fixed it for you.