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- ftc08, on 11/06/2009, -2/+7Trees were probably happy.
- norman619, on 11/06/2009, -1/+5Well some people ignore all the qualifiers. They aren't saying this is what happened for a fact. They are saying it MAY have happened. People like the one who wrote this article ignore the qualifiers and deliberately misread it to say something which supports thier personal bias.
- InfiniteNothing, on 11/06/2009, -1/+4At any time? Yes at any time in the next 100M years
- InactiveUser, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3If something caused the ocean floors to heat up releasing the frozen methane ice that is down there I can only say its going to be a hell of a show..
- lennynumberone, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3According to the (the earth is 6,000 years old crowd) and humans coexisted with dinosaurs... you may be wrong.
- InfiniteNothing, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3@java
That's a strawman argument - Countess666, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3sure... but that doesn't mean we want a repeat performance.
the earth will survive, nobody claimed it wont, as would life in general, but human civilization would not, and the amount of suffering that entails is, well, literally unimaginable. - magibeg, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3Yea you're right, 2008 was only the 9th hottest year on record... sooo cold.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/glob ...
I wonder where your article gets its temperature data from. - magibeg, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3I'm not sure who told you the earth should be warming but that is actually incorrect.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32675876/ns/us_news-en ...
The earth SHOULD be in a state of gradual cooling due to slight changes in the earths orbit but humans have had such a strong impact on the environment that we're actually going through a warming period. - rusty0101, on 11/06/2009, -1/+3Well, if there were a way to validate the suggestion, having a look at the results of such an event would be useful in looking at how the carbon released by humans over the past 3 centuries will impact the environment. One of the more recent claims has been that since there is no history of so much carbon dioxide being released in a short span of time, it is impossible to model the actual effects with any sense of reliability.
The problem with using this type of an event however is that there is insufficient evidence of what really happened. It is speculation and does nothing useful for providing a benchmark to compare the impact against. About the only thing that can be said is that a lot of critters died as a result of some event, including most of the larger species. Not exactly 'good' for us. - magibeg, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2So what do scientists call their findings before they have thoroughly gone through everything. I don't believe you're leaving much room besides a black and white response. Clearly in the article they're simply claiming that it may be possible but it requires further research so they were reaching out to other scientists with their findings.
- inactive, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2"the most devastating mass extinction Earth has ever seen"
Tell that to those species. - magibeg, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1To me 'may' is just a way for scientists to say that it is possible based on the current evidence and requires further investigation. At the end of the article for those who actually read it they mention part of the reason for the announcement was to get people to look for the extra iron in the rocks.
- InfiniteNothing, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Not immediately (10My)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian–Triassic_exti ... - replaysMike, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1God damn hermaphrodites stealing all our succulent fruit..
- InfiniteNothing, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1He should be way more worried about a head on car accident than CO2 release of that scale. The former is orders of magnitude more likely.
- Math, on 11/06/2009, -1/+2By your wonderful logic, since you could have a head on car accident at any time, you might as well drive at full speed into a brick wall.
- Shwaavay, on 11/06/2009, -2/+3I wonder if ants worry about the erosion they cause. Or bees, the turbulence.
Global warming's for narcissists. - InfiniteNothing, on 11/06/2009, -1/+1Ant's don't have power tools
- Barackalypse, on 11/06/2009, -1/+1So what, the end result of all evolution to this point is that we are here, I'm not going to go crying for everything that didn't make it, because for all I know that event is important to our existence.
- masterstghm, on 11/06/2009, -1/+1***** things suck!
- eadgbe, on 11/06/2009, -1/+1nah, it's 26.3% human and 73.7% natural warming.
- fr3nch, on 11/06/2009, -4/+3The global warming we hear about every day is caused about 30% by humans and 70% by natural warming cycle. The earth is still coming out of the last period of glaciation and is still getting warmer. But no matter how bad we treat this planet, it was done way worse to itself in the past. This does not mean we can be irresponsible and not care about what we do. We should be conserving everything we can. Who know's maybe humans will stop the next global catastrophe and prevent everything form dying out. That would usher in a new age of advanced evolution! How exciting!!!
- Barackalypse, on 11/06/2009, -3/+2And yet, here we are anyway, so I guess Earth is plenty capable of dealing with it.
- fr3nch, on 11/06/2009, -3/+1Article is full of *****. The earth IS getting colder right now because we are in a solar minimum and the orbit is changing. 2008 was the coolest average temperature in the last century. Your article conveniently didn't include that.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&page ... - inactive, on 11/06/2009, -4/+0"They are saying it MAY have happened"
Wow.How insightful. - starlon2, on 11/06/2009, -7/+2Please, report truth, not your opinion please! This sort of crap is why mass media is in such a poor and biased state. Grab a dictionary and read up on the word "may."
- java5isfluff, on 11/06/2009, -10/+5This is impossible. It is clearly a fact that humans caused every environmental change in the course of history. Even if we had to time travel into the past to do it, it is our fault.
- norman619, on 11/06/2009, -8/+3LOL!!! I'm betting people don't notice the qualifier "may" they used in the article which acknowledges the possibility they are wrong but we will never really know. That won't let the anti-fossil crowed point to this as proof of something.
- Nintendesert, on 11/06/2009, -9/+4A new crime? Stupid.
- inactive, on 11/06/2009, -7/+2It seems like alot of things "may have" caused it.They really don't seem sure.
- RabidCapitalist, on 11/06/2009, -10/+4It's amazing what crap people will believe as long as it comes in the form of a white paper from an eminently regarded scientific periodical. This needs to be filed in the same section in the library as "The Lord of the Rings".
- Benno, on 11/06/2009, -8/+2I have a locket, a little silver charm.
- Shwaavay, on 11/06/2009, -9/+3So the Earth itself could do this at any time, and we are worried about what we do? Doesn't seem to be very logical.
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