The Dinosaurs Rose to Power During a 2 Million Year Rain on Earth

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Spring might be the rainy season in most places on Earth today, but millions of years ago every season was a rainy season - every day, actually. Experts say that around 232 million years ago there was an intense period of wet weather on our planet.

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00:00spring might be the rainy season in most places on earth today but millions of years ago every

00:09season was a rainy season every day actually according to history facts around 232 million

00:14years ago there was an intense period of wet weather on our planet it is referred to as the

00:19carnian pluvial episode and it occurred during the triassic period lasting for one to two million

00:24years experts first identified evidence of this moist event back in the 70s and 80s finding

00:30psilocyclastic sedimentation in the eastern alps in the uk their location and layering provided

00:36insights into the widespread rains and their duration this period of wetness coincided with

00:40the advent of the dinosaurs as well immediately after this multi-million year rain however things

00:45changed the world got drier much drier and a period of aridity took over still the rains did their part

00:52and helped the dinosaurs rise and proliferate for some 150 million years but what caused it well

00:57experts believe the event began due to myriad volcanic eruptions ones that increased greenhouse

01:02gases warmed the planet and caused mass extinction events

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