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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:22 PM
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Earth farted. eew.
Methane Release Raised Earth Temperatures 180 Million Years Ago

Summary - (Sep 19, 2005) Researchers from Open University have uncovered that the Earth suffered a sudden, severe period of global warming approximately 180 million years ago. During this period, vast quantities of methane gas were released in three huge pulses when underwater stores of gas hydrate melted. This greenhouse gas warmed the Earth by 10 degrees C and resulted in the extinction of many species on land and in the oceans.

Full Story - continued http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/earth_wobble_burps.html?1992005">here
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:30 PM
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1. if that's not an argument for holding it in, I don't know what is.
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