[MCN] Further evidence : Combustion of coal -> CO2 -> an earlier mass extinction

Lance Olsen lance at wildrockies.org
Mon Jul 31 09:47:05 EDT 2017


From the release:
 
“ ... new, high-resolution age data that suggests surface lava flows erupted too early to drive mass extinction."

"The mixture of hot, molten rock and hydrocarbon-bearing coals is thought to have set the stage for massive greenhouse gas release and global-scale climate change.”

Full release:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/su-gon072717.php <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/su-gon072717.php>

Nature Communications published the study:
OPEN ACCESS
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00083-9.pdf <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00083-9.pdf>



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"The most likely way the climate could be influenced by either natural or artificial means seems to be 
through a trigger mechanism that ultimately changes the radiation balance ....  the burning of fossil 
fuels would presumably lead to more absorption of long-wave terrestrial radiation in the atmosphere 
and consequently to greater heating."

Abraham Oort.  "The Energy Cycle of the Earth," Scientific American. September 1970
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"The greatest disturbances of which we are aware are those now being introduced by man himself. 
Since his tampering with the biological and geochemical balances may ultimately prove injurious 
-- even fatal -- to himself, he must understand them better than today."

Bert Bolin. "The Carbon Cycle." Scientific American, September 1970
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“The atmospheric engine is subtle in it operation and delicate in its adjustments.  Extra inputs of 
energy …  can have significant and far-reaching consequences.”

Singer, Fred S. "Human Energy Production as a process in the biosphere.” 
Scientific American, September 1970.

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