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This has happened several times before, and killed much of the life on earth. In a bit of cosmic irony, the life that was killed in previous anoxic events is wh
by moultano 11y ago
This has happened several times before, and killed much of the life on earth. In a bit of cosmic irony, the life that was killed in previous anoxic events is what turned into the fossil fuel we're burning today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoxic_event#Occurrence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoxic_event#Occurrence
- jonah 11y agoThe BBC just posted this article[1]. Pretty good review of the Anoxic extinctions. [1]"The Devonian extinction saw the oceans choke to death" http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150624-the-day-the-oceans-died http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150624-the-day-the-oceans-d...