Posted on 09/30/2010 6:48:09 PM PDT by decimon
It was the biggest event in our planet's history since the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Three million years ago, the Americas collided.
The creation of the Panama Isthmus - the narrow land bridge that joins the two continents - wreaked havoc on land, sea and air. It triggered extinctions, diverted ocean currents and transformed climate.
Now a multi-billion dollar project to widen the Panama Canal is set to reveal new secrets about the event that changed the world.
Panama is a tiny country, but in a perfect location.
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The formation of the Panama Isthmus, however, did not only affect the Americas. It also transformed global climate, and might even be responsible for the UK's dismal and damp summers.
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"Its controversial," said Dr Sepulchre, "but some scientists think that the formation of the Gulf Stream transported extra moisture into the Arctic atmosphere. This fell as snow, triggering the build up of the Greenland Ice Sheet."
In turn, this may have kick-started the Ice Age.
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(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
As long as the gov’t check keeps arriving, they’ll put up with the cold.
LOL!
A 45/70 will stop most things; that, couldn’t say for sure...
That’s right, Billy. Go sit down on one of those razor sharp teeth. No, don’t wince. Act like it doesn’t hurt, like you do this all the time. The look we want is one of distracted complacency. Yes, that’s it!
So, in the end it turns out to be but another leftist envirowacko hit piece
Many of those same animal fossils are on display in the new museum and dig site here in East Tennessee
http://www.grayfossilmuseum.com/
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