Catastrophe - Episode 3 - Planet of Fire

[@gerry0543]

This is one of the most fantastic programs ever. This is just why I watch KZbin EVERY SINGLE DAY. I never watch any boring television. I've learned so much about palaeontology. KZbin IS MY TEACHER, at the young age of 78, I wish I had this when I was much younger. But with Dyslexia, I can only watch and not be school-tested, I'm so anxious to watch another day with programs like these. Beautiful!! Gerry Lewy, from Toronto. Canada.

[@pooryorick831]

I wish I were younger too and could go back to college. I would get so much more from it now than I did at 19.

[@elithepitbulldog2209]

Except this issue is BS Mass extinction didn’t occur because of warming, but because of global cooling.

[@tony123456789007]

I wouldn't advise telling strangers your name and location. However, I agree completely with what you say about KZbin teaching us. I believe it's down to our way of wanting to learn and if we find it interesting enough or not.

[@tony123456789007]

Are you from Thornhill Ontario Toronto, Canada? Scary eh?

[@tony123456789007]

Gerrysdiamondsettingessays.blogspot.com

[@alals6794]

I watched it on NAKED SCIENCE 10 years ago, and at that time it was not recent, but did not catch all episodes and glad to see it here now. It is now circa 2023 Jan

[@derekwall200]

its amazing how many changes our planet went through. and how many species of plants and animals, and yet life has its way of bouncing back and evolving

[@brianhill2701]

I know extinction and rebirth

[@aquamarine99911]

That's not so amazing. It's amazing that such a large percentage of American's don't believe in evolution or climate change - in 2019! And not to understand the biochemistry talked about in this video is increasingly dangerous.

[@thebonesaw..4634]

@@aquamarine99911 -- That's not exactly accurate. An extraordinarily large percent of Americans do believe in both evolution and climate change. The problem is, the small percent of Americans who don't are currently in power and changing laws accordingly. (

[@conjoeadams899]

Amen! I find it Amazing that the word "God" is never mentioned. The "Missing-link"??? HmmmT'is FUNNY, in an earlier Video made mention of a catastrophe of Biblical proportions. HaHaHa I LOVE Science and History, and this Series on Naked Science is GREAT! (even thought I THINK that there is a whole Lotta Global Warming Bull$hit that is included on a PC Basis). This video is actually just Number 3 of 5 and each one so far has been Very Interesting but they Raise as Many (or More : ))) questions than the Answer.Would Love to have a Feedback Mechanism for some of the questions. BUT, Not possible so I will simply Enjoy the Show and let the "Propaganda' flow like water off-of-a-duck's-back. FUN FACTS: 1. Did you know that methane is 25X as HARMFUL to our atmosphere as Carbon Dioxiden on a molecule by molecule basis?2. There are an extimated 30 TRILLION TONS (NOT a Typo : ))) Locked-away in Ice at the bottom of the oceans. Sleep-on-that tonight.If you want a peek, start at the 36 min. Mark and watch 5 minutes. Then go back and watch the whole thing. FASCINATING!

[@conjoeadams899]

Pardon my French but "Bull$shit".

[@TalesofStories]

Make sure we put this series in a time capsule so when the next large brained species rises, they have some hints as to what happened to us and before us.

[@julianlawrence-ball2279]

I’m sure they’ll be able to work it out for themselves

[@TalesofStories]

@death to socialism You could greatly increase the comprehension of your comment with some punctuation and proof reading. Do I understand evolution and the improbability of alien space travel? Yes. What my comment refers to that so far history is determinable because there hasn't been a species that ships natural resources all over the globe. We can read geological data because it has not been tampered with by the inhabitance. Humans have created, shipped and deposited large quantities of goods and natural resources from one part of the planet to the other making it impossible to figure out what we did a million years from now. Dinosaurs ruled for 130 million years, humans only roughly 20k-40k years. Do you really think we'll make it 130M years? Let alone be understandable another 65M years after that? Also, it's very strange for someone who goes by 'death to socialism' to be watching a program by a socialist network from a socialist country...

[@TalesofStories]

@death to socialism Ok, but I literally can't understand what you're saying in your first comment. Seriously, read it and explain to me how it makes any sense with zero punctuation. Also, I don't know who Fiona Macdonald is, so I couldn't really care less with what they have to say. Besides, the operative word in that quote is 'constantly', once is not constantly. Finding quotes from random people to support your ineptitude does not make for a persuasive argument.

[@jjoohhhnn]

Reptiles do well during desertification events. Big brains can be a negative, as they're a big calorie draw.

[@johndenver5029]

Lava proof time capsule

[@altareggo]

These are REALLY good documentaries: they were cutting-edge when produced, and have withstood the test of time very well.

[@justinmartinez1447]

Are they queries:

[@KAT-ew9wz]

cutting edge technology, yet they still manage to squeeze in a picture of a drying-up lake in the shape of a penis. somewhere around 48 minutes, if anyone cares.

[@rinnin]

Too right. Was just about to say the graphics are great.

[@arthurtrauer5684]

I love geology. Everything you see tells a fascinating story of deep time and endless possibilities. The landscape seems so static. It’s not. A few thousand years is nothing in the whole scheme of things, yet our time is just as important as any other. It will pass as well, then something new will happen.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Me too. I have been reading about it for about 20 years now, and, for an amateur, am pretty good at looking at landscapes and seeing the incredible movement in them. It is endlessly fascinating.

[@wiezyczkowata]

geology rocks

[@gregoryeatroff8608]

"For the first time, the dominant species on earth is upsetting the delicate balance of its own ecosystem." That's not true. The cyanobacteria dumping massive amounts of molecular oxygen into the atmosphere did that hundreds of millions of years ago, triggering the snowball earth discussed in episode 2 of this very series.

[@gulamahmed4773]

but we are doing it very fast

[@DonaldKronos]

Quite true, Gulam Amhed, and certainly worth noting, but Gregory Eatroff's statement is also true. We humans are not the first to do it. We are, however, the first to endanger our own survival by upsetting the balance of our own ecosystem AND also have the means to intentionally do something about it. The question remains whether we will collectively allow us to wipe ourselves out, or collectively prevent us from wiping ourselves out.

[@BJETNT]

Snow ball earth was not because of the O2, it was because of the land going from pole to pole. No oceanic currents to transfer heat around the planet. Volcanos pumped enough greenhouse gases to warm it up.

[@lukadunk111]

Harvard! OPEN UP

[@choosetolivefree]

The original poster is correct. No other species has ever considered whether they will wipe themselves out or not. We are not different than Amy or her species that has existed

[@go_went_gone6180]

Remember watching this as a kid. Man the world is amazing!

[@absolutelynothing3780]

This was made in 2014

[@Raych666]

@@absolutelynothing3780 The video was uploaded in 2014 but it was made in 2008 and was aired on TV.

[@absolutelynothing3780]

@@Raych666 I honestly didn't remember making this comment but thank you for telling me

[@catjohnson2522]

Would looooove to see this series updated!

[@joelvincent2489]

those are the best documentaries that i ever whatch. thankyou!

[@greatcondor8678]

I do hope people understand this show is for entertainment only. Far too many inaccuracies and fear mongering to be taken seriously unless you are totally gullible and uneducated.

[@davidandcookie7648]

@@greatcondor8678 that's not for you to judge

[@greatcondor8678]

@@davidandcookie7648 'For those that have eyes to see'.

[@davidandcookie7648]

@@greatcondor8678 they do. You just have to have a less negative view of people and not gravitate towards the possibility of people being gullible and uneducated. In other words, there may be some who are gullible, but it's better not to exacerbate the situation. Berating people never brings a good result even if you're saying something that's true.

[@DonaldKronos]

At 3:23, paleontologist Roger Smith makes a very metazoa-centric statement. If no animals had survived, that would not have prevented the survival of plants, fungi, bacteria and any other life that was well enough adapted to survive the event but didn't happen to be an animal.

[@payamyazdi7672]

Note to myself: Life is super short my heart can stop at any second I have No control over a lot of events enjoy every moment and day before I turn into a bucket of worms

[@donfields1234]

@ReRe Rapunzel who says "you" were ever created or will ever be destroyed? The proofs in the pudding, if we dont feel right about a thought, then that means that thought isnt right...let your feelings be your guide. ✌

[@theallseeingeye9388]

@ReRe Rapunzel life if eternal will loose its essence, its meaning. It becomes precious because its fleeting in its moment

[@michaelhayden3764]

Payam yazdi Thank you for the reminder of how short life can be. It’s so easy to forget that life is precious.

[@davehallett3128]

@@theallseeingeye9388 you spelled its right three out of four times when it s a verb when it means it is it s spelled it s. And the present tense is lose. You re still better than most yankees who claim to read and write english because the schools in your country are for learning whereas the skoolz in yankeetown are for shooting kids

[@davehallett3128]

The moving finger writes and having writ moves on. Nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back. to cancel half a line

[@MicrowavedAlastair5390]

* Narrator walks off like a total boss as city is engulfed in CGI lava behind him *

[@Sparswift]

Ok ✅

[@Godzillaminusone737]

Aka siberian traps

[@melvinellis3661]

THAT PART 😂

[@winglessang31]

Permian Triassic extinction. Such an amazing peaceful time.

[@ShadowRun221]

Y'know, I just realized that Baldrick is narrating/hosting this. Seems his cunning plan worked out in the end.

[@suusvanvliet3673]

Eigenlijk wel✌🏻🥰

[@StreakyBaconMan]

Who better to host this than a man who exists in multiple timelines?

[@gmaninatrashcan7144]

Who?

[@Nvwheeler]

@@gmaninatrashcan7144 A character in the BBC comedy Black Adder. Worth a watch

[@ateshhughes5889]

He has also hosted time team since forever

[@paxwallacejazz]

Methane hydrate releases are becoming alarming in the Arctic/Siberian tundra and sea floor. Check out Natalia Sharakova a conservative Russian Scientist who has been observing methane releases for years. She's alarmed by her own findings. We, not volcanism, are responsible for the next permian extinction. There are many self reinforcing climate changing feedback loops already triggered and inextricably baked into the cake whose impact will be exponential in nature.This is just atmospheric chemistry. The methane monster cometh.

[@jeiku5314]

paxwallacejazz “Insert 2% of scientists disagree comment.”

[@BJETNT]

They say the dinosaurs were dumb, but at least an asteroid killed them. We will be killed by something we caused. Dinosaurs look pretty smart compared to us. They were around for over 100,000,000 years and we will not see 1,000,000 because we are not worthy of the beautiful planet God gave us. Try to stop global catastrophe with a bible!!! It will not happen, we need to save ourselves. God will not save us from our own stupidity. Nor should he.

[@bbbabrock]

@@BJETNT I have a half brother who is a religious YEC. And he has said he believes it is a sin to be too concerned about long term environmental crises precisely because it does demonstrate a lack of faith that God is going to save us all before these problems gets out of hand.

[@BJETNT]

@@bbbabrock man has thought that God was coming down to take us to Heaven 20 times in the last five thousand years according to the Bible. My body is like Temple we should treat it as such and if we don't take care of our planet we can't take our care of our body. Your friend is welcome to their opinion but I think he's crazy. Not taking care of our planet causes suffering I'm pretty sure Jesus would argue with that. I Won't Say I'm a die-hard but I'm definitely a Christian and I have a hard time believing that God is going to come within my lifetime or my children's lifetime so we should just left the planet go to hell so billions of people starve. I don't like to use this term but I would say your friend is a religious zealot and crazy in my mind. Not taking care of this beautiful planet that God gave us to take care of us is sacrilegious in my mind and it is like spitting in his face. God himself would have to come down and tell me to let the Earth go to hell before I would do it on purpose. I've heard people try to justify all kinds of crazy things through religion. It is my experience most people do not have the education or the IQ to argue with me in the first place I'm not trying to bash you or your friend. The old expression comes to mind don't shit where you eat. I got to admit though saying God wants us to let the planet get screwed up is the best argument I've heard yet even though it makes absolutely no sense according to any sane person. If I had the gas I'm pretty sure God is pissed off at us the way we treat our planet. I don't presume to know what God thinks but I would be upset they were screwing up such a beautiful thing. I don't think it's God's plan to have two year old starving to death and people dying of disease that could have been prevented by somebody pulling their head out of their ass instead of blaming it on God. Saving lives is always a better thing than destroying them. For some reason I really don't see Jesus running an oil company like they are right now. from what I remember Jesus helped and saved everybody could he didn't just say screw it that's the way the world is he said help Thy Neighbor. Not let him starve to death because the world's a crappy place. Thank you for the comment but your friend or relative whoever that is offends the hell out of me.

[@bbbabrock]

@@BJETNT I'm not intending on arguing he isn't a religious zealot. But, I think , he is justifying his faith w verses like t one in this link. Elsewhere, t bible says something about how God cares for sparrows and so his followers ought to trust him , since he obviously cares more for men than sparrows. www.learnthebible.org/be-careful-for-nothing-philippians-46.html

[@melodiefrances3898]

One issue they didn't raise (maybe it's only recently understood) was that the Siberian trappes were burning through layers and layers of carboniferus crust. The stuff that gives us oil. Like if a massive refinery caught on fire. It added serious insult to injury (as if more was needed).

[@chrisfield8265]

I doubt that it had any real effect given the eruptions continued for hundreds of thousands of years. The sheer scale of the event was more than enough to cause the extinction without trying to find a way to blame fossil fuels

[@2hacksbuilding82]

From my understanding that was a huge factor in the climate's demise at the time

[@sifridbassoon]

another "trappes" event happened in India and is called the "Deccan trappes." I don't remember it's timeline in history, but it's probably in Wikipedia.

[@samanthagibson5791]

​@@sifridbassoon It was end Cretaceous, some people still think it killed the dinosaurs, but most agree on the impact now, but at one point it was thought to be the cause

[@allangibson8494]

@@sifridbassoonThe Deccan Traps erupted at the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 to 65 Million Years ago and are on almost exactly the opposite side of the planet to the Chicxulub impact crater. So a one - two punch event.

[@vonfaahquard8532]

Half way through this series, and I get it: *We wouldnt exist without these catastrophes.* No need to keep repeating the obvious.

[@sg2massive]

But it has baffled scientists for years but that is why we are here without it we would not be here and they had to happen for us to exist without them you or i would not be here so catastrophes must be the reason were here because without them we might not of been here or existed we are lucky to be here.

[@nicke1903]

And it will, no matter what Humans do, but there's money to make off of scaring people, and Greta likes to talk so you have this scam that Humans can stop a planet from evolving/maturing or any outside forces from affecting it. Some things you just don't get to control.....

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

@@nicke1903 *AND* we hear from the -peanut gallery- climate deniers, right on cue. How'd that tax cut work out for ya there, bozo?

[@DanMorose]

Y’all went 0-100 real fast.

[@PoggoMcDawggo]

@@WilliamRWarrenJr Whenever there's an honest to God conversation about the climate and the many extinction events the planet has gone through you can bet your ass there'll be climate deniers. It's like they're incapable of knowing anything about climate other than Greta and AOC.

[@anonomousous]

So Mr Robinson what did the eruptions sound like? BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM! BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

[@timonsolus]

anonymousous : No, those were the German guns. And they certainly changed the climate on a purely local level for many British people back in WW1.

[@tonyjones9144]

I have to say you sound like a very intelligent guy/gal😂

[@anonomousous]

@Southeastern777 Network rail were involved then, I knew it!!

[@crazyviking24]

I would honestly be curious as to how the oceans recovered.

[@mdade44]

Donald Vincent thousand of years raining

[@muratalpaslan2100]

Vcbxgv Jcbvdgg Bjg

[@killroywashere1254]

40 days & 40 nights.

[@joshseward490]

Earth has been destroyed and renewed so many times it's just a cycle

[@conorduggan6682]

Buddy checking his pink water would want to use a gas monitor rather than sniffing in that H2S. If the PPM is high enough he's going to drop, best to use a monitor instead of his nose.

[@JerryEricsson]

Exactly, we investigated several deaths in the oil patch of North Dakota caused by that nasty gas, some were water truck drivers who were hauling water from fracking sites, they would try and hold their breath as they opened the port atop the water trailers, if they breathed at the wrong time, it would be their last breath.

[@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha6388]

Aren’t you the same guy that gave me some scientific mumbo jumbo when I was trying to light my farts on fire in college?

[@revolvermaster4939]

That’s evolution in progress

[@josedess8823]

A great historian and one who’s programs I follow a lot a very knowledgeable person

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work 🥳 Thank youuuu 💜

[@stevefitt9538]

I came here to specifically ask this question. . . Has any scientist looked at the Permian -- Triassic boundary to see if an asteroid caused the Siberian Traps to begin to erupt? It would have to be bigger than the dino-killer. . . But, maybe not. The dino-killer landed in a shallow sea and so water would keep flowing into the crater until it cooled. The Siberian Traps one would have landed on land so it might have caused a continuing eruption. Also, it might have landed on a place like the Yellowstone hot spot. . . Either way there might be iridium (etc.) as a marker at the boundary.

[@donfields1234]

I believe there is a theory that precisely what you said did trigger it. If i recall correctly they stated the asteroid burst right above the ocean.

[@koolmudkips8452]

I don't believe there has to be some huge trigger for life to go extinct. We are currently in the middle of a great extinction event. I can only imagine people in 10 million years trying to pin it on a single event. I believe the asteroid hit and killed the dinosaurs but I believe there is more than just the Siberian Traps for the Permian Triassic extinction. Just like there is more to this extinction than just humans.

[@allangibson8494]

There is no oceanic crust older than 190 Million years old - the earth’s tectonic movements have erased it.

[@joelanzo]

Seeing each video starting the same way makes us think it's the same videos we've watched before

[@drstevenrey]

I could listen to Tony Robinson all day. Wait, that's what I'm doing, right now.

[@morgangrey4020]

first we had snowball earth and now fireball earth...so we went from being frigid to being drunk...lol

[@fodicky4]

After check his credentials, Mike Benton is a Palaeontologist/Paleobiologist an not a Geologist... Still makes him very qualified to speak in either field. :)

[@lhurst9550]

I wasn't aware you had to have a degree to present information. He is just reading a script.

[@shanejarvis1108]

Palaeontology is a branch of geology, so how about you check your own checking next time before you say something stupid. Apart from that, what difference would it make if he didn’t hold his degrees? The answer is it wouldn’t..

[@philbarnes6678]

Tony Robinson seems to know his stuff, could you check his qualifications please?

[@altareggo]

1) Paleontology is a sub-field of geology: it is where geology and biology intersect. 2) This man definitely knows his stuff: you can tell by the way he explains things: he is NOT simply "reading a script": he speaks with understanding in his voice. That said, i see you agree he is qualified, so i withdraw point 2, which you have already made... my bad!!

[@markmitchell450]

@@philbarnes6678 he's won loads of turnips for his cunning plans

[@ChrisBrown-pu8sm]

Information is wonderful, especially when available everywhere. We as available human's, think it's necessary for honesty to succeed.

[@GeorgE-yo5yc]

Wait!.. I'm confused. So the excess of sulfur oxide lowered the Earth temperature, but that of carbon dioxide raised it? Wouldn't they counter-act each other then? Or were they chronologically far apart from each other?

[@stabbrzmcgee825]

I'll try to answer. The sulfur oxides are hygroscopic so react rapidly with water to make sulfuric acid droplets that, when combined with a lot of volcanic dust (particulates) tend to cause global cooling through blockage and reflection of incoming sunlight and heat. Over time, that particulate stuff will drop out but CO2, which is in a gas form (reacts only slightly with water), will build up in the air, so after some relatively short (geologically speaking) time, the cooling effects from sulfuric acid and dusts become insignificant because it rained out or fell by gravity, and the warming effects of CO2 become important (because CO2 isn't being removed very fast). Need a huge amount of volcano exhausts over very long times to cause the magnitude of CO2 increases that these people are discussing (on the order of 1500 ppm increase). So, start out with a sharp cooling, and then over time become warmer and warmer and warmer.

[@DanMac-lh7tl]

I smell the bullshit in that part as well. 2 million years of volcanic eruption freezing and scalding with acid is the extinction. Then someone added in the sales pitch of CO2 causing warming. But unfortunately the CO2 concentrations don't match the sales pitch. For millions of years before the extinction levels of CO2 fluctuated and life thrived in levels of 3000 up to 6500 ppm. Yes they went down and then up during the 15 million years after the traps started erupting, but once again up and life thrived. We are at extreme low levels today.

[@SgtPepprz]

So which is it? Global cooling from sulfur dioxide, 19:30, or global warming from carbon dioxide, 21:00. You can't have both ways at the same time!

[@TheDragon-v7d]

It’s both. And yes you can!! TAKE A COURSE IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND CHEMISTRY

[@SgtPepprz]

@@TheDragon-v7d Take a course reality. Leave your dogma, propaganda and religiosity behind. Move to truth and enlightenment. Anything else is just darkness.

[@TheDragon-v7d]

@@SgtPepprz you sound like someone who wears a tin foil hat . Don’t you come to me talking about truth you dishonesty little shit . You literally know fuck all about geology , biochemistry, chemistry, isotopes , geophysics or fuck all about science . Go fuck yourself.

[@SgtPepprz]

@@TheDragon-v7d You make my case. THANK YOU! Have a nice day!

[@Nowthisispodracing4]

Damn the latest generation of Baldricks are quite informative

[@lonnieolafson3965]

Let's hope this was a one off event. To crack open the earth like that is horrific and awe inspiring at the same time.

[@derpysheep5872]

Lonnie Olafson it can happen again. Minus Pangea. Plus the americas, Eurasia, Africa, Antarctica, and Oceania. Minus Siberian Traps. Plus Yellowstone’s super volcano. Not much else.

[@Battleship009]

It wasn't the last time, there's more Large Ingeous Provinces.

[@jandrews6254]

Space is crowded with detritus

[@briansilva9906]

Mad respect to the cameraman who went back in time to catch video of these dinos (:

[@boliver46]

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[@Sparswift]

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[@GabrielRodriguez-yr3md]

You suck at time

[@aquarionh2o132]

The problem with what is hypothesized here is that increasing the global average temperature by 5 degrees C, the oceans warmed. Based on all scientific data to date, the data shows that increasing the average global atmospheric temperature by 4 degrees C would actually only increase average oceanic temperatures by 0.001 degrees C (1/10,000th of 1 degree).

[@aquarionh2o132]

J. Han The odd isotopes you are referring to may have their origins in a megaflare or nova from our sun. We currently know of approx two down starts which have been documented as having a recurrent nova cycle. The approx 24 starts are all located in our galaxy and have relatively short clock cycle (time measured from nova to nova). Also documented now, we can see that the transition time between the “warm” period and the glaciation periods of the last two ice ages has (approx 120,000 year cycles) has averaged just 20 years. So these transitions can, do, and have taken place far faster than we previously thought. Current working hypothesis is that our sun has an approx 12,000-12,500 year clock cycle which is highly correlated with the last 6 magnetic excursions documented via stratigraphic analysis, and having taken place of the last approx 72,000 years. Lots of data from numerous fields to piece together to generate a full picture of what has/is currently happening.

[@lesliewolfe7643]

"Survive or die." Well, yeah.

[@claidheamhdalaimh3694]

Leslie Wolfe I thought the same thing and was going to make a similar comment until I read yours.

[@GeirAndreTonning]

"Survive and die" Or?????🤯😱🤔🤬🤫🤬🤫🦄

[@lesliewolfe7643]

@@GeirAndreTonning right? 🤣

[@lesliewolfe7643]

@@claidheamhdalaimh3694 he said it like it was big news too 🤣

[@GeirAndreTonning]

@@lesliewolfe7643 😱🤔🤔😬😉🦄🤩🦄🤤

[@RonnyCoalman]

We went from Snowball earth to Fireball earth. I'm liking this series.

[@Flightstar]

The deoxygenation of the oceans causing termination of life, with the existence of Hydrogen Sulfite anaerobic bacteria , is a good clue to how vast oil fields were created.

[@prototropo]

This is the best narration of the Permian extinction I've ever seen. Thank you! I wish only that the overview, although very complete, had been slightly more granular. For example, "planet on fire" is an evocative image, but a bit fantastical. Why not show a map or globe that tells us visually exactly how much surface landscape was covered by flood basalts? And maybe mention a few places now that reach temperatures comparable to the end Permian? And I would love if Permian and Triassic videos would distinguish any fauna discussed by its synapsid or sauropsid lineage. Too many channels continue to confuse things with the useless and annoying phrase "reptile-like mammals." No such creature ever existed! From the amniotes, only two branches of diversification continued on--the synapsids and the sauropsids (diapsid or anapsid is another discussion).

[@KyuubiChupachaotica]

im starting to wonder about something scientists are starting to think that the environment for the dinos was already stressed before the comet struck the yukatan peninsula some sort of volcanic event similar to the Siberian traps. I wonder if the same could be applied to the Permian-Triassic extinction event cause when you stop to think about it an environment that is already on an downward spiral gets one final kick when its down and it simply ceases to exist basically goes extinct a sort of final push to something already on the brink of disappearing all together. So massive basaltic eruption equals massive stresses on an environment then the final straw is the comet strike finishing a process in the making.

[@KyuubiChupachaotica]

Mainly i say this because without that comet impact the eruption from the Deccon traps found in India would have killed the dinosaurs off at an even slower rate and thus increasing a chance that we would see an even greater diversity in the current environment so instead of that mass extinction wiping out round roughly 75% of species at that that it would have been around 64-65% so the Permian-Triassic mass extinction would indefinitely require something a kin or similar to that extent.

[@princesssatrainxxx3891]

*We only have 12 years left to save earth*

[@Harkeilla]

I hate when people say human life is the most dominant on the planet, when it is in fact bacteria.

[@wschippr1]

harkeill It's not necessarily even the most dominant animal life on the planet, depending on how you look at it.

[@NativeSonDC]

It would depend on one's definition of dominant. Bacteria doesn't build roads, buildings, cities and great civilizations of advanced thinking. Bacteria hasn't walked on the moon or sent a rover to another planet.

[@kemetrecords1672]

we are bacteria

[@fransmars1645]

Bacteria rule by any measure you would care to use. Distribution, mass, age.......We are a recent side project, to be outlived by bacteria in the future.

[@jeiku5314]

shoesheep Panspermia.

[@Skymaster.47]

Narrated by Private Baldrick. What an honour!

[@SharonD369]

“Well”, life found it self in a stickier situation than sticky the stick insect getting stuck on a sticky bun.

[@lukebable]

Should save this comment to a sticky

[@JamesPilkenton-se5cx]

What's brown and sticky ? A stick.

[@jackmack1061]

5 degrees sounds utterly terrifying.

[@MrSEA-ok2ll]

I have missed Baldric since Black Adder ended years ago...he makes a great narrator.

[@aethellstan]

his cunning plan was to get into documentaries and things like time team.

[@allangibson8494]

“Time Team” ran for twenty years from 1994 to 2014… (and has recently been revived…).

[@evanmildrum897]

Weird watching this right now as my state is burning down from the largest fire in state history. Its burned over 6,000 acres an hour the last few days. Its been raining ash and its dark at 3pm. The sky is just a dull orange and green

[@abipg6851]

At first I quickly glanced at Tony Robinson's name and mistook it for Tony Robin's the motivational speaker. 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭

[@denalidaniels8279]

I did also lmao

[@godstrulove225]

Good show

[@aquarionh2o132]

Regarding human CO2 generation: ALL current human CO2 generation is estimated to alter the global atmospheric composition by approx 37/10,000th of 1% per year, and even that number is uncertain due to global ecosystems adaptation to the tiny alterations. Add to this the known scientific facts that: (A). CO2 is plant food with no know toxic level ever haven found in nature during the past 600 million years, And (B). The global atmosphere has a very low sensitivity to CO2 levels, meaning if we were to double CO2 concentrations the global average temperature would only increase a fraction of a degree. Add to the above that global atmospheric CO2 levels have never “caused” climate change. Rather, global average temperature have always risen first, “followed” by a global average CO2 increase some 800 years (on average) later. The CO2 narrative is nothing more that “political science” and has little to nothing to do with real climatology (past, present, or future).

[@CandyGirl44]

Yes, animal agriculture is now the leading driver of the current climate crisis.

[@stevenweller1673]

This "Catastrophe" series is fairly decent...it's worth revisiting every now and then. I think the CGI sections come from *Walking With Monsters" but that's ok. And though scientists bicker between themselves over the various reasons this particular mass extinction despite the assertions made here that is ok too... Glad I ran across it again... Thanks S.W.

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

21:35 plus ... "tiny breathing holes ..." *YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY!!* They're called *STOMATES* (or stomata). You should mention that at least once, Tony!

[@hartnettjeff]

No one cares

[@AliciaGuitar]

Meh, these documentaries are way dumbed down for the simple folk...don't expect to learn or hear any 50¢ words here.

[@PoggoMcDawggo]

@@AliciaGuitar Yea if they went all in on the jargon most people would be confused wondering what the fuck the narrator is talking about.

[@whoarewe7515]

@@PoggoMcDawggo of they did use the big words people would educated themselves on what there talking about.

[@algirdasstasiukaitis9576]

Snowball earth and Planet of fire the best episodes from this documentary🤩

[@tyzxcj34]

37:55 Methane cmpaerd to CO2

[@erikandreassen6531]

We now know that co2 is a problem but methane is worse unfortunately in 2014 they did not anticipate permafrost release, theres a lot we can do but other factors are really causing problems.

[@malsypright]

The fact that this guy played Boldrick in Blackadder is very distracting right now.

[@simonwatts8338]

Sir Tony Robinson. He's also a knight.

[@ivx8345]

nah - it's just Boldrick

[@jdlanni]

More distracting than his blood-splattered shirt?

[@tiffanystovall5969]

this is cool and really scary

[@rprbeantown1]

Agreef

[@bobover6474]

it's hard to believe it but we could become rat and roach feces.

[@carolsummers8734]

I never heard of the Siberian Traps. Fascinating.

[@carinaj3885]

That Cynodont looks just like my second cousin twice removed. (must've been the teeth)

[@w.patpeters4643]

well done.

[@yazovgaming]

i laughed when he said "it was global warming gone Mad"

[@tonyactorb]

How does he walk around people and no one notices? Brilliant, and enjoyable. Thanks. my new concern is now methane hydrate. I am more aware.

[@carolsummers8734]

I see people eyeing the camera and it's distracting.

[@kevinduffy6712]

Again !, The fact that the heat trapped below the dust clouds , From the volcanic eruptions .Doesn't get a mention !.The fact that 3million square kilometres of molten rocks Trapped under the vast dust and gas cloud !. Doesn't come in to it ?.And what was the alignment of the planets ?, As other planets gravity affects earth !.

[@leepeel7129]

tony is best on time team.

[@stanleyblade5535]

Looks like Earth digested one to many Bombay Badboy Pot noodles!!

[@peterfawkes350]

Madeline mccans ring

[@stevejohn1843]

what a wonderfull series of documentaries this is,.. sir tony does need to change his shirt though once in a while..

[@Videymann]

Fireball earth was the earth being created but I don't really consider the beginning of earth a catastrophe I mean every planet in the universe was once a fiery ball of magma and hot lava then cooled but without warning "BOOM" a metor hit the planet every planet must've had a collision with a another planet metor etc.

[@altareggo]

This documentary isn't at all about the earth's beginnings: it is about the massive extinction which happened at the end of the Permian geological period - about 250 million years ago, vs the earth being born about 4.25 billion years before that.

[@cgasher2105]

it kinda goes along with the tiamat story tho

[@innit1407]

The Drakensberg mountains in South Africa were formed by large, long term basalt outpourings, also around 250 million years ago. I wonder if there is any connection.

[@charachoppel3116]

Methane consists of Carbon and Hydrogene. Should be possible to separate the Carbon and Hydrogen and use for instance as Energy sources.

[@brianmonks8657]

You can use oxygen to separate the carbon and hydrogen in methane to use as an energy source.

[@charlesmcmillion5118]

Yeah, except that it takes 5x the energy to separate that you'll get from burning it.

[@ton284]

And its a large scale of separation

[@angelaweedon3193]

I am not afraid of global warming. This planet's climate has always warmed and cooled. We should be glad we are even here.

[@amisimal7668]

Maybe a new catastrophe would be good for the planet.... without humans this time.

[@bluskies1000]

So you object to intelligent life? You would set Earth back millions of years in it's evolution?

[@hypeninja4786]

You first fam

[@dirtbikerman1000]

I've had bad days like this before Something goes wrong...all f**king day just like this!!

[@tyzxcj34]

Anthropogenic (human made) Climate Change 45:18

whenever i see the word "catastrophe" i cannot help but to read it like buggs bunny said it.. "cat-az-trofy" lol

[@adamrspears1981]

The best way to counter the rising CO2 level is to limit the amount of offspring each set of mammal parents can have for a certain very carefully calculated span of time. That goes for not just Humans, but all animals as well. Secondly, always plant vegetation faster than we are clearing it.

[@MauriatOttolink]

16:40 ish. Mixing SO2 with water makes Sulphurous Acid H2SO3 which can collect another oxygen, THEN becoming sulphuric Acid..H2SO4.

[@brendancahill3723]

He looks so awkward talking to the camera while everyone is just looking confused around him

[@indy_go_blue6048]

I like the fact that people will look (stare) anywhere but at the camera.

[@stevelenores5637]

Bill Nye's dream come true. "THE EARTH IS ON FIRE!!!!"

[@ldasby]

wow.... hello.... put a friggin pipe in it an burn it off like a landfill

[@nilahtv86]

That was super cool

[@dovi_bun]

When the world found out furries were a thing

[@BLD426]

29:52 when she lifts sampler😆😂. Too wimpy to whimper.

[@13thcentury]

"Ugh... why me? Get Gary to do it"

[@LaineyBug2020]

Meth-ane, not you-thane, lol!

[@alexbowman7582]

That largest volcanic eruption wasn’t caused by a rising mantle plume but rather by an object at least several times larger than the Yucatan object hitting the crust, punching straight through it, and leaving excessive thermal energy and a gaping wound which would weep lava for millennia.

[@OzFPVflyer]

Citation required, without that you are only speculating.

[@alexbowman7582]

@@OzFPVflyer yes it’s speculation. If it was a rocky metallic asteroid there would presumably be an osmiridium and iridium deposit in the soils of that time which could be looked for but if it was an icy comet there probably wouldn’t be any traces apart from perhaps a burnt later in soils.

[@Dave68Goliath]

I'm sure Tony has a cunning plan to solve it.

[@JonsTunes]

So cunning you could pin a tail on it....

[@markmitchell450]

He's a sack of turnips ready

[@JonsTunes]

After reading the comments, why are so many Americans burying their heads in the ground regarding global warming?🤷‍♂️

[@kittkatcandy971]

JonsTunes most of the global warming is coming from india and japan get your facts

[@JonsTunes]

@@kittkatcandy971 None of what you said makes sense? Try reading my comment, process the information and then reply in full. In reply to your comment: China and the USA are top two producers of total CO2. USA has the highest Carbon footprint per person. USA accounts for 4.6% of the world's population yet consumes 20% of the world's energy. USA's military budget is higher than the next 25 countries combined (24 of which are allies) @ $8million per hour, so if you want me to carry on about greed and who's a danger to the planet I will!

[@timonsolus]

They don’t care because they’re all going to die anyway when the Yellowstone super volcano erupts. ;)

[@timonsolus]

kittkatcandy : I think you mean India and China. But bear in mind, they have a lot more people, so on a per person (known as per capita) level, they are very far from being the world’s worst offenders in terms of CO2 production. For that you need to look at the smaller Gulf oil states (unsurprisingly).

[@Patricia-un6kv]

@@JonsTunes Wow! Your comment is one of the best I've ever read, here on KZbin. Thanks...;-) Americans often tend to believe they're the best at everything, but ignorance is NOT bliss. The more you learn, the more you realise how little you really know.

[@BrianSmith-gp9xr]

How did the earth stabilize? What process began to cool the earth? How long did it take?

[@markmitchell450]

Watch the series it tells you

[@andrewshelby2138]

Love this guy!

[@karlbrundage7472]

yeah, had to throw the "AGW" argument into the mix at the very end. Great......................................

[@Maddog3060]

+Mike Barlow There is nothing so innocuous that a progressivist won't use it to shove their agenda down someone's throat.

[@xchopp]

Tell that to Dr Richard B. Alley, a Republican geologist. Here a tthe AGU Fall meeting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJfJgYaoh9Wklck and in many other respectable venues.

[@chrisby777]

Well Tony, I don’t see any room for God in your life if you think things happened this way. Too bad really. You were the guy that started me on a long hobby of metal detecting. The only hobby I know of that pays you to have fun. Cheers & God bless.

[@LegoladGank]

Food for thought. What if our creator simply created the ingredients (or whatever you wanna call them) and all this took place because of that? Many, many religions claim many things all of which are complete garbage. My point? People who don't believe in a creator don't understand how a creator could have created evolution...

[@rootbeer4888]

+Umar Abdarazaq Ibn Tariq Najm Alfareed Berrestoon Shouldnt you be reading ancient fairy tails somewhere.

[@LegoladGank]

Roj Crimsom I am.

[@cmiller1164]

but why would a creator - create tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes, global freezing etc. and why create planets that are light years away and impossible to travel to

[@LegoladGank]

c miller I said just the ingredients. Everything else happens on its own as an action or reaction to different things. I was just saying lol

[@toffeecrisp2146]

Here here, I think. I've never really understood why we have this creationalist VS evolutionist battle going on. It's not like the two are exclusive right? Believing in one, doesn't negate the other. Synergy people! I have no religion, but I can get down with the possibility that a creator might be behind existance. Science is just how said creator goes about it's business.

[@Thornspyre81]

"..flat top copies.." hahah love that accent.

[@ushanair513]

we are going to repeat the Permian extinction because the main cause of the extinction was carbon dioxide buildup and today, the same thing is in progress.

[@ushanair513]

I am talking about one or two centuries later. the time to act was long before. now, we should start to curb CO2 emissions. mst dont understand that. History repeats itself, somehow.

[@johndoshevskee3345]

All life is carbon, it's hilarious that people are so afraid of carbon, all propaganda. No one and no government can or is willing to fix a very questionable problem. The carbon tax is their end goal. How will paying a group of psychopaths make your life better, it wont. Can anyone pay any group enough money to reverse anything NO, helping humanity is not a goal of any governmental group. Just look at the emense amount of funds these groups squander today. Power and control has always and will always be the game and they will use whatever lies necessary to gain a little more power or control.

[@michaelblair5146]

wrong. the main cause was a GRB, gamma ray burst.

[@andyrowlands50029]

They got that wrong in making this programme. CO2 does not drive temperature, temperature moves first, either up or down, and CO2 follows it 800 years later.

[@morgangrey4020]

so the permian extinction took 100,000 years......i think i can live with that.......You do realize that man had nothing to do with that extinction right?.....animals go extinct all the time regardless of whether it's caused by man or nature.....when it's your time to go....just pack your bags and load up. So how do you propose to stop it if i may ask?......you gonna cork up all the volcanoes in the world and all the geyser's and black smoker's ?......What animal species you plan to cull so they can't breath out CO2?...Remember ...this was a Natural event,and yes it will happen again in the future...thats life.

[@AmericaChat]

The advertisement is longer then the video. BS youtube

[@HYPNOTICVIDEO]

I'm not sure I'm buying into all of this.

[@gristams3439]

yea this was made by the world elites so ppl would think the world is round

[@sonicblast1223]

gristam s No, if you're going to spout nonsense about the earth being flat, then move on from any science related topic and continue to watch Dubay please, we don't need ya here mate ^_^

[@xchopp]

I think gristam s's comment was sarcastic?

[@DonQuickZote]

Hypnotic it's not for sale.

[@autherinerichardson5266]

I second live is super enjoy every second humans today 2019 many parts of Mother Earth is wonderous I’m proud to see the evolution of life on earth however with all new TEC a lot can be done to preserve our beautiful planet. Amsterdam Holland

[@bobdip1798]

Propaganda! interesting a person I know went over some of this information and came to the conclusion the findings where skewed to fit the talking points and agenda

[@michaelwier1222]

I agree. Where are the counter theories? This is pure speculation and biased!

[@gloriagirgis]

Agreed. This seems like a fairy tale. Funny how atheistic scientists call religion fairy tales. Looks like they have their own fairytales!

[@prometheusunbound7628]

Well, that sounds like a solid conclusion. "Someone I know read something and disagreed." Yep, why didn't we consult you before this? We could have avoided this entire situation. Christ, you're stupid.

[@wiezyczkowata]

Roger Smith? I guess there is that one persona that we can't see through (American Dad) 😆

[@whitetrashkel]

Ricky Spanish

[@wiezyczkowata]

@@whitetrashkel he is the reason dinosaurs were killed, not asteroid 😆

[@noneofyourbusinesssame4228]

That was a bit of al-ah-kazaam at the end, wasn't it? The Deccan traps released gigatons of carbon dioxide over thousands of years - but that's every year or so, there's no way what we are doing equates to that over two centuries - maybe if we could keep up burning fossil fuels for a hundred thousand years to reach the level of carbon dioxide the show mentions - 20 times higher than it is today - it would equate, but we can't, as there simply isn't enough fossil fuel to burn - naughty AGW propaganda there, Mr Robinson!

[@nickl5658]

and thus result in 95% extinction of all life on earth. Nice. We have already increased CO2 levels from 280ppm to 400ppm.

[@jamesbrown5600]

That was a ridiculous statement by that guy. Humankind has probably not yet added the amount of CO2 that the Siberian Trap eruptions emitted each week at their height. 2 or 3 gigatons per year is a puny amount when measured relative to what volcanoes and the mid-ocean ridge eruptions emit every year, and its really a tiny amount when measured against the size, i.e., the volume of the atmosphere.

[@DJenser]

Not to mention the fact that the Deccan Traps were kick-started by pressure waves from a certain meteorite impact on the opposite side of the planet, which traveled through mantle.