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I'd guess that's correct. It reminds me of the Carboniferous era when there weren't any organisms around that could eat lignin, so dead trees just piled up unt
by devoutsalsa 4y ago
I'd guess that's correct. It reminds me of the Carboniferous era when there weren't any organisms around that could eat lignin, so dead trees just piled up until they were so thick, they turned into coal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous
- fbanon 4y ago
- quantified 4y agoDownvotes indicate a lack of appreciation for your sarcasm. No tone of voice available when writing.
- guerrilla 4y agoI'm not sure why you think it was sarcasm... the video is literally about that. 5.2K people liked that video, so how do we know that person isn't one of them?
- quantified 4y agoIf it was sarcasm, I've given them a useful tip. If it wasn't, I've gently trolled them. You couldn't hear my tone either.
- atombender 4y agoNote that this hypothesis has been challenged, e.g. here [1] (paper here [2]). [1] https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/lack-fungi-did-not-lead-copious-carboniferous-coal/ https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/lack-fungi-did-not-lea... [2] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517943113 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517943113