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IT'S TIME FOR PERMIAN WEEKEND BABEY!!!

Do you like volcanoes but wish they were bigger?

Would you like to see the world choked with smoke?

Do you in all your cosmic power feel like things need a hard reset?

Then the Permian period might be for you!

Lasting from 298.9-251.9 Ma, if you compressed all of Earth's history into a year, December 7th-11th would mark the Permian period.

While it did see some innovations in life with the continued diversification of therapsids and sauropsids as they spread around Pangaea, the period is mainly known for mass extinctions, of which there were at least three.

The first was fairly minor in comparison to the others, where the end of the early Permian saw the extinction of several groups of early land vertebrates such as Dimetrodon as other tetrapods gained prominence.

And then, some time in the mid Permian, the sea began to erupt.

The Emeishan Traps are a formation in China where basalt covers an area extending approximately 250,000 square kilometers, which is roughly the size of the state of Michigan. It could have originally been twice that size, covering an area larger than the state of California with volcanic deposits an average of 700 meters thick. Originating on the sea floor, it released massive amounts of sulfur and carbon dioxides, wreaking havoc on the world's climate. A recent paper published in the journal Geology also makes the case that the eruptions also managed to heat up oil and gas deposits in the area, cooking them underground and leading to the release of even more carbon dioxide and methane gas.

Estimates on the impact of this eruption vary, but around a third of marine life went extinct, and the majority of survivors on land were burrowing animals.

This was already about as significant as the extinction that would kill the non-avian dinosaurs in the late Triassic Cretaceous in terms of severity, but it would soon be eclipsed by the single worst mass extinction in Earth's history: the end Permian, or "The Great Dying".

In what is now modern day Siberia, another massive series of eruptions took place, forming the Siberian Traps. Over the course of two million years, around a million cubic miles of basalt were laid down over an area of 7 million square kilometers. This was 14 times the size of the Emeishan Traps, and covered an area roughly the size of Australia. Most of it erupted in the first million years. The massive amounts of carbon and sulfur dioxide released led to dramatic ocean acidification and climate change.

It is speculated that the traps also lit coal fields on fire, adding to their emissions. This, combined with a possible contribution from a meteorite impact on the other side of the world led to mass die offs.

81% of Marine life, and 70% of terrestrial species went extinct.

On land, it is estimated to have taken nearly 30 million years for life to recover.

As heavy as that is though, it did recover.

When the dust settled, there was still life in the oceans, and plants still grew on the land, and animals came out from their burrows, blinking in the light of a new day. And they lived.

New species would come. Life would be made new. The sun continued to shine, and rain continued to fall, and in the end the Earth had made it through.

Life found a way to make it through a level of destruction beyond anything we have ever seen or could imagine as a species. And, with a little bit of hope, help, and luck, so can we.

Edit: ( Mistakenly wrote "Triassic" rather than Cretaceous)

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Jayden Zhang (live-action airbender, young Shang-Chi) wins bronze medal for Canada at the World Kungfu Championships!

You read that right, the Avatar cast continues to find new ways to be ELITE.

Jayden Zhang, who will play an airbender in the 2024 live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series and plays young Shang-Chi in the MCU, has just won a bronze medal for Canada at the World Kungfu Championships in Emeishan, China!

The host city is known for a pretty cool mountaintop temple… Safe to say this kid is a real-life airbender! Way to go Jayden!

(The bald picture is from a Shang-Chi award win at the same time as when he was filming ATLA S1, flex…)

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Pagoda at Qingyin pavilion on Emeishan Sacred Mountain, China

[linggluu]

2024; a wrap up

January: asked for a promotion. :) February : got the promotion. many sunny days. got a nintendo switch. March: went to Minnesota for the first time. rode a private jet. Started taichi/wushu when i got bored!! April: watched the solar eclipse! Decided 9 year old Logan is my arch rival in kungfu. May: SJ Ryeowook got married. Super Junior reunited. OT15 ;; Spent too many days rewatching Super Show 2 and Super Junior Full House. Got a $xx,000 bonus :) WENT TO LA TO SEE LINA<3 Also went white water rafting for the first time. June: paid for Singapore :) more training days. July: I changed a headlight by myself :) Flew to Arkansas for training. Bedazzling tour merch came in. Funniest quote I read; “英语里没有委屈这个词,因为我们有仇 当场就报了” , that's my motto now. August: WENT TO SINGAPORE TO COMPETE IN MY FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. got my butt kicked but whatever. Met Shihui :) September: decided to buy tickets to 任贤齐 for my birthday. Went to see Jungkook/I am still at the theater. October: brother got me a birthday present for the 1st time ever :') . Went to see 小齐哥 for the first time in my life ;; I HEARD 还有我LIVE ;; i love him so much. November: this month was so shitty. but i demanded another promotion. this is my villain origin story. COMPETED, GOT 4 GOLD MEDALS. MADE THE USA WUSHU TEAM. I'M GOING TO EMEISHAN IN 2025!!! Gave in to peer pressure, got a Stanley Cup December: made it to the finish line in 2024. getting that promotion that i demanded. Beat budget in all accounts. MAKING MAX BONUS!! Clearly I'm not that incompetent. My newest hyperfixation food is 麻辣香锅。 The end<3 can't wait for 2025.

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A Complete Guide to Visiting Mount Emei: China’s Sacred Buddhist Mountain

Mount Emei (Emeishan), located in Sichuan Province, is one of China’s Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Known for its spiritual significance, stunning natural beauty, and the iconic Golden Summit, Mount Emei is a must-visit destination for travelers seeking a mix of culture, nature, and adventure. In this guide, we’ll explore everything you need to know about…

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The host city Emeishan, China is known for this mountaintop temple.

imagine if they had filmed here would have been amazing

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Pernod Ricard lance le whisky The Chuan, premier malt Prestige produit en Chine

EMEISHAN, Chine–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Pernod Ricard (Paris:RI) est fier de lancer aujourd’hui le whisky pur malt 叠川The Chuan. Inaugurant une nouvelle catégorie, cette toute première création en Chine concrétise l’ambition de Pernod Ricard de produire sur le territoire un whisky de malt Prestige. Pernod Ricard Chine étendra progressivement la distribution de ce spiritueux à l’ensemble…

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Fun Things to Do in Emeishan City | Travel Guide (2023) | Best Places to Visit

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"The worldwide Beryllium Copper Alloy market research has many advantages for businesses, including

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Pagoda at Qingyin pavilion on Emeishan Sacred Mountain, China

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Llega la selección mexicana de kung fu y tai chi al mundial de China 2023

El día de hoy arribaron a la montaña Emeishan las delegaciones de más de 30 países que conforman el grupo internacional que participara en el campeonato mundial de Kung Fu y Tai Chi de la montaña sagrada Emei. Con 5000 competidores registrados el campeonato de Emeishan China es el más grande del mundo en Artes Marciales Chinas y conjuga a las selecciones oficiales de varios países que se han…

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Pagoda at Qingyin pavilion on Emeishan Sacred Mountain, China

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Pagoda at Qingyin pavilion on Emeishan Sacred Mountain, China

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by sigaote on Flickr.The sacred paths of Emeishan in Sichuan Province, China.

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by sigaote on Flickr.The sacred paths of Emeishan in Sichuan Province, China.

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The most likely driver of middle to late Capitanian global warming and oceanic anoxia was episodic magmatism of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province.