#palaeocene — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #palaeocene, aggregated by home.social.
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦖🌍 What if the #asteroid missed?
What would #Earth be like if #dinosaurs survived? #Mammals would remain small, #Trex could have lost its arms entirely, and #troodontids like the Stenonychosaurus might have evolved human-like #intelligence, with #humans never appearing.
👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/if-dinosaurs-had-not-gone-extinct
#paleontology #evolution #cretaceous #science #biology #tyrannosaurus #triceratops #climatechange #climate #nature #history #bristol #palaeocene
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦖🌍 What if the #asteroid missed?
What would #Earth be like if #dinosaurs survived? #Mammals would remain small, #Trex could have lost its arms entirely, and #troodontids like the Stenonychosaurus might have evolved human-like #intelligence, with #humans never appearing.
👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/if-dinosaurs-had-not-gone-extinct
#paleontology #evolution #cretaceous #science #biology #tyrannosaurus #triceratops #climatechange #climate #nature #history #bristol #palaeocene
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#Volcanism 56 million years ago released more #methane than thought https://phys.org/news/2023-08-volcanism-million-years-methane-thought.html
Shallow-water #hydrothermal venting linked to the #Palaeocene–#Eocene Thermal Maximum https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01246-8
"About 55 million years ago, the #AtlanticOcean was born. Until then, #Europe and #America were connected. As the #continents began to move apart, the Earth's crust ruptured, releasing large volumes of #magma... #HydrothermalVents were active at very shallow depths or even above #SeaLevel"