The Ordovican extinction event. This was an event that ouccured hundres of millions of years ago. This event is thought by sincentest to have two parts to it. The first theory is that a gamma ray burst happened close enough to earth to affect earth. A gamma ray burst is one of the most powerful events ever in the universe next to what is called the big bang. Doing a Gama Ray burst high energy beams shoot out in opposite directions destroying any thing and everything that was unlucky enough to be in its path. It is thought that one of these beams hit earth and crushed the ozone layer which released radiation into the atmospheric which caused life on earth to be destroyed. Part two of this event was our solar system coming into contact with intergalactic gasses which also wiped out a huge part of life on earth doing the same time period. This event was just as devastating as the permiian death event but in a different way.
The Permian death event was also devastating even which destroyed large percentege of the life on earth. What was thought to be the cause of
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This event is simular to the Ordovican extinction event because it took place over a very long period of time tens of millions of years .their are many therois about what happened doing this event however many believe that their was a huge loss in the planets carbon dioxide which caused a major chemical reaction. The second is that plants stole carbon from the atmosphere to create their own artificile carbon. The lack of carbon in the atmosphere is extremity dangerous because it could affect the climate of the planet. Carbon helps trap heat because of the green house gas affect. With out Carbon Dioxide their would be a globe cooling. Some scientist believe this event happened because of a asteroid hit the earth. This event does not have direct evidence but rather in derict evidence. However the trassic event has more direct eviduce on what
To fully understand how this disaster was possible it is important to understand the historical background of the time period
From the beginning of The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert we can see a very different style of writing from what we previously encountered in Encounters with the Archdruid. The Story is told in a more colorful and up beat way. As we begin the book the author talks about humans and their destructive nature on the planet. I really enjoyed how Kolbert depicted as if she was telling the history of any other creatures. When she describes how man is pollution of the planet she did in a way that to me painted the picture of an animal that was destructive in nature, as If the best thing for earth and all of its inhabitants would be the removal of this plague.
The decimation of the ecosystem was caused by the things that Columbus brought from the Old World such as livestock, rabbits, and diseases that were new to the natives. This caused death for many of
The earth is like a jigsaw puzzle, it moves in someway or another all of the time. The tectonic plates that form the surface of the Earth are often sliding against each other, which triggers earthquakes. The 1960 Chile Earthquake was the largest earthquake ever recorded which had a tremendous impact not only on the immediate area and the people living there, but also on the rest of the world. The 1960 was the largest earthquake ever recorded.
Destruction is part of every kind of flood story. No matter if it’s literary or current events. In Gilgamesh the city of Uruk was wiped out caused by a flood , in Genesis, God blotted out all existence on earth, in current events in Louisiana and Iowa destruction is wiping out homes, business , and leaving some dead. Now I’m going to give you some background knowledge on these stories.
Territories border a specific species’ personal space, the Orinus orca is no stranger to this as any other living thing. What makes the whale’s reputation “killer” is its compliance to territories. Killer whales are innocent, but immature. Their actions prove them to be “killer” as witnesses say, but do they really think on the Orinus orca’s perception of the situations of violence they are involved in? Killer whale’s do what any other wild animal does, and when captive it is no surprise they would do the same.
Legends have surfaced in hundreds of cultures throughout the world that tell of a colossal, catastrophic flood that destroyed a majority of mankind and was survived only by a few individuals and animals. Although a majority of historians that have studied this matter, estimate these legends number in the two hundred, other subject matter experts claim the number to be as immense as five hundred accounts of the flood throughout the world. There have been approximately two hundred flood myths found in the world. The similarity between much of their content is equally amazing. In addition, these stories have been found on every inhabited continent.
How do earthquakes form? Earth quakes form when two earth blocks slide past each other. When they slip past each other it is called a fault. Earth quakes
Did the meteor kill the dinosaurs? This question is important because it can give us clues about other species. The meteor killed the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs are all dead.
Endless theories and hypothesis’ surround the disappearance of the dinosaur species. Comets, asteroids, disease, and volcanic eruptions are just some of the presumed causes of their extinction. Which one is to believe? In “Sex, Drugs, Disaster, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs,” Stephen Jay Gould presents three proposals for their extinction: Sex, Drugs, and Disasters. Gould explains the three theories on the extinction of dinosaurs by giving a biologic and scientific reason for each, with the purpose of showing that scientific discoveries come from testable theories.
The large amount of carbon dioxide was produced by human activities such as burning gases, woods, and burning coal. Clearing forests also releases large amounts of carbon dioxide. Worldwide deforestation means that we don’t
Around 4000 BCE, environment conditions finally settled into the pattern we see today (Origin myths, 37). In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Ea, the cleverest of the gods, warned Utnapishtim that the gods would be sending the great flood to wipe out humankind. Utnapishtim then builds a boat to save as many people as he can and every living creature. After seven days, Utnapishtim released a dove and raven to find dry land. The Great Flood story is very similar all around the world, as we can find similar stories in West Asia, South Asia, and China
Some of the devastating effects such an eruption could have had on the surrounding regions may have been a lot more than just environmental. First, I would like to discuss the fact that the eruption created almost all of the correct circumstances to explain some of the astounding events that took place during the Exodus. For example, the ash completely blocked out the sun, thus leading to The Plague of Darkness
Flood Essay Introduction Killing an estimated 1,833 people, Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States. The flooding alone caused massive devastation and destruction. Millions of people lost their homes and all their possessions. This flood was horrific, but imagine a flood so great that it destroyed all of humanity. This great flood occurs in the stories of Noah, Utnapishtim, and Deucalion.
It occurs due to rise in global warming which occurs due to increase in temperature of atmosphere by burning of fossils fuels and release of harmful gases by industries. Climate change has various harmful effects but not limited to melting of polar ice, changes in seasons, occurrence of new diseases, frequent occurrence of floods and change in overall weather scenario. • Loss of Biodiversity: Human activity is leading to the extinction of species and habitants and loss of bio-diversity. Eco systems, which took millions of years to perfect, are in danger when any species population is decimating. Balance of natural processes like pollution is crucial to the survival population is decimating.