The Lava Flood That Could Bury Texas | How the Earth Was Made (S2) | History

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300 million years ago, Siberia was a waterlogged, swampy bog. 50 million years later, Earth's biggest ever volcanic eruption on land was smothering Siberia in layer after layer of solid silvery bassalt lava hundreds of feet thick. An atmosphere saturated with volcanic carbon dioxide had raised global temperatures by around 10° F. Life on land was d... Read More