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Daily News… DID MICROBES CAUSE MASS EXTINCTION? Volcanoes and asteroids are sometimes blamed for wiping out nearly all life on Earth 252 million years ago, but US research Monday suggested a more small-time criminal: microbes. These microbes, known as Methanosarcina, bloomed in the ocean on a massive and sudden scale, spewing methane into the atmosphere and causing dramatic changes in the chemistry of the oceans and the Earth’s climate, according to the new theory put forth by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and colleagues in China. Scientists studied sediments in rock formations in south China, seeking to explain why the end Permian extinction happened and what caused the largest of five major death events in Earth’s history to reap so much destruction over tens of thousands of years. Volcanic eruptions on their own could not explain why the die-off happened so fast, but they may have released extra nickel into the environment, which fed the microbes, said MIT researcher Gregory Fournier. «A rapid initial injection of carbon dioxide from a volcano would be followed by a gradual decrease,» said Fournier. «Instead, we see the opposite: a rapid, continuing increase,» he added. «That suggests a microbial expansion.» Microbes can increase carbon production exponentially, which might explain the speed and potency of the mass extinction, he said. The research, funded by the US space agency NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Basic Research Program of China, appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer reviewed US journal.
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International News… NEW MICHAEL JACKSON SONGS Five years after the death of the «King of Pop», a posthumous Michael Jackson album due in May is set to thrill fans with eight previously unreleased songs. The album, due for release on May 13, has been named «XSCAPE», which is also one of the new tracks mined from Jackson’s archives. After gaining access to four decades of the late singer’s material, Epic Records, a subsidiary of Sony, chose eight songs that featured completed vocal tracks by Jackson. The record company then asked producers to «contemporize» the music while «retaining Jackson’s essence and integrity».
CONGRATULATIONS ELTON Pop icon Elton John says he will tie the knot with partner David Furnish now that his native Britain has legalized gay marriage. The top-selling artist told NBC’s «Today» show that «we’ll do it very quietly.» «But we will do it and it will be a joyous occasion,» John added. The couple, who have two children together, entered into a civil partnership in 2005. A historic law legalizing same-sex marriage took effect in England and Wales on Saturday, the final stage in the long fight for legal equality for gays and lesbians. Civil partnerships have been legal there since 2005.