Hasn't it been theorized that dinosaurs died off because of some kind of global warming?

Question

If so, are conditions different now, and are people, in that context, any more durable long-term than dinosaurs?

Answer 1

dude Dino's died because of a meteor hit  not because of global warming

Answer 2

It`s been theorised that dinosaurs died out through loads of things.

The current theory is that there was a major trauma- likely an asteroid hit the Earth or a super volcano which had the same effect as "nuclear winter" This wipe out all but the toughest animals on Earth.

We mammals are among the toughest, Just watch out you reptiles.

Answer 3

Global warming is one theory of the disappearance of dinosaurs.

Other theories include:

a. large meteor strike

b. volcanic activity

c. changes in earths orbit - global cooling

d. mammals eating dinosaur eggs

e. large release of methane into the atmosphere

f. Gamma ray burst from nearby super nova star explosion.

Conditions are indeed different now.  We are technically still in an ice age, in an "interglacial epoch" (glaciers have mostly receded).

No one knows the durability of mankind.  Modern homo sapiens today can be traced back about 200,000 years and that is extremely short on the species time scale.

Clearly people are more adaptable than any other species, to the extent people can live in outer space.  So it is unlikely gradual climate change will top the list of catastrophes that cause mankind's extinction.  A gamma ray burst, large meteor strike, bird flu, total thermonuclear war, etc. are all more sudden and devastating.

Answer 4

NO !!! it was from a meteor impact that threw all kinds of dust in the air ,so most of the plants died. If u need to eat a ton of plants a day, they were in deep trouble. The earth has been much hotter and the plants liked it.

Answer 5

global warming has been replaced by 'climate change'. now anyone can be correct in their predictions.

aztec - maybe it was dinosaur flatulence?

Answer 6

No, a meteor got them. If anything global cooling killed them off due to the dust circling the earth and blocking the sun.

There are long term climate changes that are natural which the earth goes through. A popular confusion is to equate these long term changes which happen over thousands of years with the abrupt changes we are seeing now. One is due to natural long term cycles and the other is due to CO2 output.

Answer 7

climatic conditions have been changing for years for different organisms to  grow  . but global warming started only when humans started making pollution cars and releasing gas into atmosphere but how could dinosaurs die??

Answer 8

no way during dinosaur times there was no industrialisation ,pollution automobiles and no modern times then how did global warming come into existence during that time

Answer 9

Because Global Warming is based entirely on the hysterical belief that humans are evil and are detroying the planet...since no humans existed (supposedly) in the age of dinosaurs how can they be blamed for warming?

Answer 10

Al Gore says it's Bush's fault

Answer 11

You're probably thinking of the Permian extinction.  It was way before the dinosaurs and a way bigger deal.  It's thought that global warming due to volcanic CO2 caused a temperature rise of about 4 degrees, which led to a massive release of methane from crystallized methane on the ocean floors and a second 4 degree rise.  That killed almost all life on earth.  It's a good thing to keep in mind when you hear someone say "I wouldn't mind a nice 8-10 degree rise"

Answer 12

there is a documentry called crude that you might find good answers