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minus-squarethe post of tom joad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWow ok that’s cool… so then every* oil well is in a place that historically was underwater?
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYes. A lot such places are still below the seabed, hence off-shore oil-rigs.
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYes, specifically shallow seas that are so rich that they go anoxic. Without oxygen, the organisms don’t break down and just accumulate.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoCan Texas just go back to being a shallow anoxic sea? Please?
Wow ok that’s cool… so then every* oil well is in a place that historically was underwater?
Yes. A lot such places are still below the seabed, hence off-shore oil-rigs.
Yes, specifically shallow seas that are so rich that they go anoxic. Without oxygen, the organisms don’t break down and just accumulate.
Can Texas just go back to being a shallow anoxic sea?
Please?