@appassionato
Peter Brannen also has a book out on the #greatdying

My question is, do these books highlight how close current fossil fuel burning brings us to the same level of carbon cycle disruption? https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700906#F4

@Sheril

Yes, I had been thinking about that.

"New research shows the "#GreatDying" was caused by global warming that left ocean animals unable to breathe...As temperatures rose and the metabolism of marine animals sped up, the warmer waters could not hold enough oxygen for them to survive. "*

/s: That, and that the only known species that was as stupid as human beings to destroy its habitat was the #BlueAlgae.

What does this say about human intelligence? /s

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https://earth.stanford.edu/news/what-caused-earths-biggest-mass-extinction

The Great Dying: To depict the worst extinction of all time, I drew the Earth as a skull. #GreatDying

Late Devonian Extinction: This one was set off by the evolution of trees completely changing how the world's climate worked. By breaking up rock into soil they released nutrients into the environment, leading to anoxic waters. Trees reduced the CO2 in the atmosphere, making it get cold. To try and depict the trees indirectly killing life, I drew them literally killing it with their roots.