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For those wondering, the most likely source of the next flood basalt eruption will be the same plume that probably created the Deccan Traps: the Rรฉunion Plume, currently located beneath South Africa all the way to the East coast of Madagascar. Itโs one of the largest subterranean structures on Earth (possibly dating back to the beginning of Earth, maybe even caused by the theorized Theia impact that formed the moon), and currently itโs pretty quiet. Small plumes branch off of it to form individual active volcanoes. However, it has a massive blob of magma located beneath Southern Africa that would dwarf the Deccan Traps and rival the Siberian Traps in size if it ever managed to surface. Luckily for us it would take tens of millions of years at minimum to do so. So yโall can sleep soundly knowing that we probably wonโt be seeing fiery volcanic doom within our lifetimes! Probably.
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A deeper video on the Permian mass extinction would be really interesting.
Large drops in oxygen levels, mass desertification, ocean acidification, the devastation of basically every single genera of living thing (not even the insects got through this one without getting hit hard).
When scientists call something 'The Great Dying', you know they're being serious.
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7:38 The imagery of the earth struggling while taking a flaming hot dump and getting hit in the head with a flaming rock is memorable
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6:36 the ability to describe a living creature vomiting foam while being bathed in acid in such a calm manner is an underrated skill... well done, narrator...
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