Did icy-methane bring on the age of the dinosaur?
Posted Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT by Martin Leggett
The mass extinction 200 million years ago, that paved the way for the rise of the dinosaurs, could have been caused by a massive belch of methane, say scientists in a paper just published online on ScienceExpress. Plant remains show that the atmosphere was rapidly filled with carbon, which could have come from CO2-driven warming, releasing the methane stored in the cold sub-sea sediments. Did icy-methane bring on the age of the dinosaur?