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Pecossam7 months ago

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Fellow Propeller-Heads,

I've read some time ago that 99.9% of all species that have ever inhabited Earth are now extinct; that extinction is in fact the most natural of events on this planet. What do you believe?

From the story: "The mass extinction of ocean life came about because of the collision of fast flowing lava with shallow sea water, which caused a violent explosion at the start of the eruptions and threw huge quantities of sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere.

"When fast flowing, low viscosity magma meets shallow sea ... there's spectacular explosion producing gigantic clouds of steam," Wignall said

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