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Earth's massive extinction: The story gets worse
PhyOrg ^
| January 5, 2012
| University of Calgary
Posted on 01/07/2012 6:23:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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This graphic shows historical variations of Mercury (Hg) deposition before and after the Latest Permian Extinction event as recorded in a sedimentary section in the High Arctic, Canada. The vertical axis demonstrates the depth of the sedimentary section relative to the extinction boundary while the horizontal looks at the amount of mercury accumulation (concentration in the rock) as measured in milligram per kilogram. Credit: Hamed Sanei, Steve Grasby and Benoit Beauchamp. (Sanei et al., 2012, Geology).
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:23:52 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
"No one had ever looked to see if mercury was a potential culprit." Early Neanderthal EPA consequences of CFL light bulb compliance.
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:28:31 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(I don't mind you shooting at me, Frank, but take it easy on the Bacardi!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:29:11 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
To: decimon; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
Here's the link to decimon's topic from last year, different data, basically the same team. It's got that AGW / greenhouse gases / global warming agenda written all over it.
- Researchers find smoking gun of world's biggest extinction [2011]
"Researchers at the University of Calgary believe they have discovered evidence to support massive volcanic eruptions burnt significant volumes of coal, producing ash clouds that had broad impact on global oceans... Grasby and colleagues discovered layers of coal ash in rocks from the extinction boundary in Canada's High Arctic that give the first direct proof to support this and have published their findings in Nature Geoscience.
Thanks Renfield.
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:39:04 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! May 2013 be even Happier!)
To: Renfield; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:39:28 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! May 2013 be even Happier!)
To: SunkenCiv
Would traces of Mercury be detectable in Dinosaur bones affected by the event?
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:42:45 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
To: Dallas59
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:47:45 PM PST
by
thouworm
(.)
To: Rebelbase
Nope. This way way before dinosaurs even existed.
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:53:43 PM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1082 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: SunkenCiv
I’m surprised someone hasn’t blamed volcanos on CO2, mercury, or some other natural product.
Personally, I think liberals cause volcanos. Now what can we do to eradicate liberals? It’s already proven that liberals are a danger to society.
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:54:47 PM PST
by
bossmechanic
(If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
To: SunkenCiv
Global warming is going to cause mercury to rise. Eventually thermometers will burst all over the world and mankind will become extinct if we don't act now to give climate scientists control over the world.
To: bossmechanic
Sacrifice them to the volcano gods?
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posted on
01/07/2012 6:59:19 PM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1082 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: SunkenCiv
Volcanic activity never was and is not now the greatest source of mercury in earth's ecosystem.
Volcanic activity as a source of mercury runs a really, really, distant second to sub-sea erosion.
Both are, of course, exponentially greater sources than the burning of coal.
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posted on
01/07/2012 7:03:44 PM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Dallas59
Just what I thought. The greenies are trying to do it all over with fluorescent light bulbs. Imagine all of those things in the landfills contaminating soil and water and once they break the mercury gas goes up into the air. I hate to see it.
To: Bellflower
A man made extinction event (MMEE.)
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posted on
01/07/2012 7:09:47 PM PST
by
D Rider
To: Dallas59
When the contents of millions of these little fellows start reaching the water table we will have big trouble.
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posted on
01/07/2012 7:13:37 PM PST
by
Mike Darancette
(11/06/2012: Starts "Occupy the White House")
To: SunkenCiv
Recent studies supported by the Ford foundation and Recyclers University suggest that Mercurys became extinct dinosaurs as they couldn't adapt to gases in the sales climate.
As the volcano of cars sales slowed and the atmosphere for economic activity became poisonous academia flourished under the glacier weight of useless studies about the value of hybrid auto design.
Today having gas is the common legacy of these speculations about digestive upsets, also known as BMW, and CAFE.
All nonexistent information here has been verified by Chokem, Hokem and Fiat.
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01/07/2012 7:18:55 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Dallas59; BipolarBob; thouworm
It's true that CFLs have a small quantity of mercury, and it's a potential danger if the bulb breaks.
But are you guys aware that old-fashioned standard fluorescent light bulbs (the long tube types in your shop fixtures, and the circular ones in the kitchen and bathroom) have just as much mercury if not more than CFLs?
The warning about not playing with broken fluorescent bulbs goes back at least to when I was kid in the 50's, and probably way before that.
Anyone like me, who has been in offices and factories where there are hundreds or thousands of 4-foot-long fluorescent tubes in the ceiling, views the current "OMG!! OMG!! OMG!!" reaction to CFLs with a certain amount of skepticism.
Not that the potential danger isn't there -- it is. My point is: it's not a new thing, and somehow civilization survives with all the long tube bulbs too.
The lesson here is: Don't confuse the social/political aspect of CFLs (having them crammed down our throats by bureaucrats) with the technical/scientific aspect which is the same-old-thing as with the long tubes.
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posted on
01/07/2012 7:22:31 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Mike Darancette; Bellflower
You guys may be interested in my comment #17 above.
I'm not disagreeing with you. Just pointing out that the problem has nothing to do with CFLs in particular, but instead with ALL fluorescent bulbs, including the long straight tubes, and the circular ones, etc. and that somehow we learned to deal with that in the past 60+ years. While there are more little CFLs than big tubes, the CFLs tend to have only a fraction of the mercury of the big ones. It evens out to a degree.
If you're going to complain about mercury in CFLs, be sure to include their bigger brothers too.
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posted on
01/07/2012 7:27:28 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: SunkenCiv
Damn Mercury's
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posted on
01/07/2012 7:35:38 PM PST
by
mountn man
(Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
To: leapfrog0202
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01/07/2012 7:47:32 PM PST
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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