Catastrophe 3of5 Planet of Fire

[@junestanich7888]

Never heard of some of these events, fascinating!

[@philheaton1619]

Was there any permafrost before the Siberian Traps started to erupt? If so, that would have released Mthane as well when the temperatures rose high enough.

[@Keving3]

I don't think so, it wouldn't have had the ability to release the incredible amounts of Methane that it can now because all the stuff you need to decompose hadn't been on the planet long enough (that's my educated guess anyway)

[@maeve4686]

I lived in Butte Co, California. They have lava flows over 100' deep that eroded over millions of years to form the Northern Central Valley. Volcano is unknown, but Lassen, Shasta, Mt. Hood, etc. are near enough to cause wide spread flow. Even diamonds & plenty of gold were mined & still gold mines persist in the area. Rockhounds find jade, most colors, crytals, apple green jadeite, serpentine, jasper, etc. in the Feather River Canyon, which steep sides of sheer granite are truly remarkable. Unfortunately, the 2018 Camp Fire wiped out the natural beauty, but local logging , Sierra Pacific, USFS & others have replanted native species. Spring runoff creates beautiful waterfalls, tributary streams provide native fish, three immense tunnels thru solid granite...truly stunning what lava & nature cook up after earth heals. Now, if earth threw our destructive arses off the planet...lol.

[@maxiculture]

Catastrophism or gradualism, which was it? Why choose when there is ample evidence of both? Of course we have to assume it was all about us, why else would evolution have occurred? Tony is a good story teller and the script editor was well aware of the old adage, never let the truth/reality get in the way of a good story, don't you think? Should we confuse the mass audience with other evidence, like while the Permian is marked by massive runaway global warming the period in southern Australia is characterized by glaciation? ...and must we assume that Piccadilly is the centre of the universe?

[@angelitabecerra]

The Great Dying; my favorite mass extinction event to study

[@jenniferjuniper97]

Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

[@st.apollonius5758]

I don't think I had lizard descendants.

[@Cheeseatingjunlista]

St AmIStupid Given time YOU might, I base this on the evidence of your minute brain capacity

[@jimdille6015]

Thanks for the post ... good stuff. The mechanism of the Permian Extinction is happening today, only over a few centuries vs 1M years (~100000x faster) and human activity is the major driver instead of the Traps. This segment eventually points this out in the final 2 mins, but dilutes the message too much.

[@josephwolfe1833]

If Trump were to watch this he would call it "fake history" !!!!!!!

[@joeyshofner639]

You give up your creature comforts, that will help, a little.

[@PibrochPonder]

Are you going to go to China and get them to stop then?

[@maxiculture]

Fireball Earth, Snowball Earth ...dumbing down much?

[@homerisian]

Snowball earth is taught in universities across the globe, it may sound like "dumbing down" but it is the actual terminology for that period of Earths pre history

[@maxiculture]

@@homerisian When I was at university we studied the Permian Glaciation because where we are there was a massive ice sheet grinding the Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian rocks smooth and depositing tillites. So much for the runaway 'Fireball Earth' of Tony's script. I stand by my implied criticism, though I should probably discount all presentations of technical subject matter for mass audiences by celebrity comic actors.

[@homerisian]

@@maxiculture I am not disputing that there are some arguements against the speed of the Permian extinction, my point was, using the term snowball earth, wasnt dumming down as it's a term used in unis etc. I agree the content of these programs is made easier for the mass audience, but better that, than them not being made at all.

[@jebes909090]

@@maxiculture and now they teach that men can have periods too at university. i guess we're a very long ways away from your time there 🤣

[@hungdaddy5004]

I ❤️ farts