Geological investigations of an Eocene hothouse world shows turbidites may be linked to extreme weather events from global warming.
Tag: Geology
The Clathrate Gun Hypothesis
The significant volume of methane patiently waiting for release from ocean bottom clathrates should give us pause for thought if global ocean temperatures continue to rise.
Jurassic Heat
The Greenland ice sheet is caught in an Anthropocene heat trap, allowing it to melt from both above and below at unprecedented rates. Some researchers believe we are at the point of no return.
The Purcell Lobe
The Purcell Lobe was notable because it blocked off the Clark Fork River, creating a massive ice dam over 2000 feet tall. The dam caused water to back up in western Montana, forming Lake Missoula
Subsidence
The problem of over pumping and land subsidence is global, driven by various combinations of ignorance and greed.
A New Start in the Triassic
Geological history drew a line in the sand 252 million years ago. The Permian Period ended, and the Triassic began.
Life Crashes as the Permian Ends
The Permian Period came to a catastrophic end 252 million years ago with the extinction of 95 percent of all marine species and 70 percent of terrestrial species.
Permian Water World
The Permian water world contained one massive continent, Pangea, and a single vast ocean stretching around the globe from coast to coast.
The Big Ordovician Freeze
Life crept out of the oceans and onto dry land about 470 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. These first Ordovician plants had a major impact on the world.
The Rise and Fall of Ordovician Life
The success of life in the Ordovician was driven by the availability of vast flooded continents, which formed the shallow marine habitats for a dizzying array of new and successful species