Huge Algae Blooms, Driven By Runoff, Turning Brittany Beaches Deadly; H2S Suspected In 6 Deaths

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2. Well, that's terrifying...

http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html

We knew we had to quit fossil fuels in the 'seventies but there were too many very powerful people making too much money.

That's still the case.

There are enough fossil fuels still in the ground, especially "natural" gas, to destroy the earth as we know it.

That is an indisputable fact.

The only way to quit fossil fuels is to quit fossil fuels! We can then deal thoughtfully with the economic consequences that follow. There's no technology that will magically displace fossil fuels; no invisible hand of the free market will save us.

Here is an article from The Atlantic covering the same topic as your link:

When a Killer Climate Catastrophe Struck the World's Oceans

The worst extinction in Earth’s history offers chilling predictions for the planet’s future—and for humanity’s efforts to keep climate doom at bay.

Identifying a killer can be difficult when it seems like every murder weapon imaginable has been used in the crime, and when the victim is the entire planet. About 252 million years ago, a rich and wonderful world was annihilated in the worst mass extinction ever: the end-Permian, a catastrophe with no close competitor in Earth’s history. Volcanoes of a truly preposterous scale erupted in Siberia over many thousands of years, loosing all manner of chaos on the world. Rounding up, everything died.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/oxygen-loss-during-mass-extinction/577537/