Comment on Wobble Wobble
474D@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt shouldn’t have been “save the planet”, it should have been “save the humans” because the planet will be here long after we’re gone
Comment on Wobble Wobble
474D@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt shouldn’t have been “save the planet”, it should have been “save the humans” because the planet will be here long after we’re gone
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
There once was an explosion the size of Russia because the coal and oil underneath it got in contact with magma, killing 99.8% of all life on earth (before the dinosaurs) 🦕🦖- this process released more CO2 in the atmosphere than if we would burn all the fossil fuel today (I’ve forgotten by how much more)
Earth took its time, couple million years, but the carbon-silicate balance was restored.
Fun fact: There was not a single mass extinction because of the shift of the magnetic poles, all mass extinctions can be linked to the carbon-silicate balance.
Machinist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Woah, never heard of this. Got a link or a technical term?
The naturally occuring nuclear reactor in Africa is really interesting as well. So is the coal fire in Australia that’s been going on for like a thousand years.
in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Naturally occuring nuclear reactor in Africa? Nature is fucking weird bro.
Machinist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
1.7 billion years ago, natural Oklo breeder reactor in Gabon.
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It’s called the carbon silicate cycle
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonate–silicate_cycle
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31128-3
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/…/Earth-Catastrophes-and…
usgs.gov/…/do-any-mass-extinctions-correlate-magn….
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45771494