Дождь, который шёл 2 МИЛЛИОНА ЛЕТ — и изменил Землю НАВСЕГДА

Imagine rain that doesn't stop for a single day. Not after a year, not after a hundred, not after a thousand years. And now multiply that period by TWO MILLION. That's about how long, approximately 233 million years ago, the most incredible weather cataclysm in the history of our planet lasted — the Carnian pluvial episode. In this video, we will tell you about a forgotten catastrophe that changed Earth forever. The giant volcanoes of the Wrangellia magmatic province released trillions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The climate spiraled out of control. The oceans boiled. Water poured from the sky — and poured for TWO MILLION YEARS. You will learn: — What Earth looked like before this catastrophe and why it was a scorching desert — What Pangaea and Panthalassa were — How supervolcanic eruptions triggered the mechanism of endless rain — Why a third of all marine species disappeared forever — How this flood DESTROYED the dominant reptiles and cleared the path for the dinosaurs — Why it was after this rain that the first mammals, turtles, modern corals and conifers appeared — Where the largest oil and gas deposits on Earth came from — And most disturbingly — why what is happening with the climate NOW is strikingly similar to events from 233 million years ago