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I knew of Crocodylus robustus already before, but it is really fascinating that there were also other island-dwelling non-mekosuchine crocodilians which became extinct in holocene times.
Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006
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It has also been higher in previous holocene periods.
Matthew Yglesias » Arctic Seabed Methane Stores Destabilizing 2010
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The liability argument is not that some person is better off because of oil use, the argument is that an individual receives damage award if the individual can prove they use atmoshperic co2 at holocene levels (last 10,000 years).
World GDP and Global Warming, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The case for a lawsuit is simple, co2 levels are at a 20 million year high, and 30% above the holocene standard.
More on Weitzman and Global Warming, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Eocene uses the Greek root for dawn, heralding the birth of modern mammals, and the root of holocene means wholly recent, referring to the epoch we've been in for the past 10,000 years.
Five words shaping our future Steven E. Levingston 2010
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It has also been higher in previous holocene periods.
Matthew Yglesias » Arctic Seabed Methane Stores Destabilizing 2010
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Guys, relax, AGW or no AGW, the temperature of the earth has been higher than it is now much of the last 10,000 years, during this holocene period.
Matthew Yglesias » Arctic Seabed Methane Stores Destabilizing 2010
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It has also been higher in previous holocene periods.
Matthew Yglesias » Arctic Seabed Methane Stores Destabilizing 2010
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Guys, relax, AGW or no AGW, the temperature of the earth has been higher than it is now much of the last 10,000 years, during this holocene period.
Matthew Yglesias » Arctic Seabed Methane Stores Destabilizing 2010
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Guys, relax, AGW or no AGW, the temperature of the earth has been higher than it is now much of the last 10,000 years, during this holocene period.
Matthew Yglesias » Arctic Seabed Methane Stores Destabilizing 2010
yarb commented on the word holocene
At the end of the Holocene (fashionable Tropical Rain Forest reduction, fashionable Nuclear Holocaust) the percentage of faunal family extinction is likely to at least compare with Cambrian figures.
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
July 4, 2008