Re: Why was Earth a fiery hell 55 million years ago?

[Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

Ah, now I remember.   I thought it wasn't new news.

But the notion of Earth covered in volcanic activity more recently than the 
end Cretaceous extinction is new news.   Did that really happen, where, and 
what caused it?

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "evelyn sobielski" <koreke77@yahoo.de>
To: <DINOSAUR@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:33 AM
Subject: RE: Why was Earth a fiery hell 55 million years ago?


> --- Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com> schrieb:
>
> > On "Global Warning", on the History Channel, it says
> > that 55 million years
> > ago, earth was a "fiery hell".   It was covered with
> > massive volcanic
> > activity that triggered a methane release.
>
> Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. You could bathe at
> the North Pole (it would have been fairly chilly, but
> still... not colder than the North Sea during a warm
> year's summer). 



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