The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why
The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why
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The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why | CNN
The paper is here
That is bad news not only for us, but any possible descendants of our human race
For the other species’ sake let’s hope there aren’t any descendants. We had our chance and we blew it, hard.
I dunno, if we make it, I could see this being something of a turning point for us. Will we be perfect? Oh god no. But surviving will necessitate taking ownership of the mess we've collectively made (even if a lot of it is done by business), cleaning it up, and learning how to avoid doing it again.
If it happens like the Great Dying it will affect our distant descendants - nobody knows exactly how long the onset took, but the general estimate is between 8,000 and 100,000 years. Not a reason to put off doing anything about it, it just means a lot of other things will happen first.