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turchin comments on Open Thread, Aug. 8 - Aug 14. 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: turchin 12 August 2016 10:43:22PM 0 points [-]

Interesting. But there is also a bacteria which is able to produce methane and it was suggested as one of the reason of extinction event 250 mln years from now.

Comment author: morganism 13 August 2016 09:32:26PM 0 points [-]

I read just last year that the most abundant organism on the planet can become a methanogen when conditions arise, the tiny, seabourne S11