[decimon]

First the tide rushes in.
Plants a kiss on the shore.
Then rolls out to sea.
And the sea is very still once more.

[decimon]

Dire straits ping.

[abb]

I knew it. We’re doomed. And my mortgage is just about paid off.

Just damn...

[ArchAngel1983]

”For the most part, scientists have been unable to pin down the causes of such dramatic events.

I can’t help but to smell a rat here. This ‘study’ could become another variation of the ‘Global Warming Hoax’. Man, am I becoming cynical…

[Oatka]

Tilting of the earth's axis or retarding its rotation via a celestial close encounter is Nature's way of saying "Game Over".

I can't believe all those sedimentary strata and twisted geological features resulted from the earth's environment always being calm and serene, and that the geological layers gently built up over the millions of years and that the mountains of today resulted only from plate tectonics.

The theory of Catastrophism was in vogue until Darwin came out with his Theory. In order for it to work, the earth couldn't have been trashed by outside events. My bet is that creatures evolved because their environment suddenly changed - they had no choice - and a very high percentage never made it.

[SunkenCiv]

Deep-ocean vents are a source of oil and gas (evidence of abiogenic hydrocarbons)
Nature News | 31 January 2008 | Rachel Courtland
Posted on 01/31/2008 9:42:53 PM PST by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963050/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon.

a new study, published online today (June 15, 2008) in the journal Nature, suggests that it is the ocean, and in particular the epic ebbs and flows of sea level and sediment over the course of geologic time, that is the primary cause of the world's periodic mass extinctions during the past 500[sc1] million years.

s/b "a nothing-new study".

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[xcamel]

Naaaaahhhh... not even close.

The moon was 70% closer then - causing daily tides from one to several hundred feet. They have completely misread whatever evidence they think they're presenting...

[chesley]

No doubt, though, it was all caused by man-made global whatever. Retroactively, of course.