Peter Ward on Earth’s mass extinctions

By On February 5, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Blog Posts by Kurt

Very interesting talk give at TED by Peter Ward. It explores the various mass extinctions endured by our planet and debunks many myths that surround them. As per usual, another outstanding TED Talk.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Rani Rani

    This is some mind blowing stuff. Never knew mass extinctions were partly the result of high CO2 levels. Imagine we have secret H2S metabolic pathways in our genomes that we never knew about!!

  • http://www.intensedebate.com/people/kurtvonmoos kurtvonmoos

    I know, I know, this talk blew me away too. I'll be posting some more videos from the TED Talks. There are some real gems.