The Time It Rained for 2 Million Years - The Carnian Pluvial Event

Описание: Tonight’s journey takes you back 235 million years, to a forgotten chapter of earth history when the skies opened and it rained for two million years straight. This is the story of the Carnian Pluvial Episode, a mysterious extinction event that reshaped life on our planet. From the dry heart of the supercontinent Pangaea to the violent Wrangellian eruptions in what is now Canada, we’ll explore how volcanic activity, magma, and endless storms transformed ancient ecosystems, paving the way for the rise of the dinosaurs.

🦖 You’ll witness the fall of mighty diapsids, the collapse of once-dominant herbivores like the dicynodonts, and the quiet survival of small creatures like Herrerasaurus in South America. You’ll travel across fossilised forests, rain-soaked plains of the Dolomites, and ocean depths suffocating from dinoflagellates blooms. From the scars of the Wrangellian Large Igneous Province and its catastrophic flood basalt eruptions, to the echoes of The Great Dying before it, this is a saga of fire, flood, and rebirth.

✨ Told in the slow, immersive style of boring history for sleep, this episode blends ancient history with serious history documentary detail—perfect as boring history to sleep, bedtime history, or a sleepy history legend that will carry you into dreams. Like Astrum, we’ll weave astronomy, space, and physics into the story of our fragile planet, showing how cosmic and earthly cycles—from the Carboniferous to asteroid impacts and the hidden legacy of fossil fuels—shape the destiny of life.

So dim the lights, settle in, and let this history channel journey through deep time become your history to fall asleep. Whether you’re looking for history sleep, sleep history, or simply a calm escape into documentary history, this story of storms, forests, and vanished worlds will guide you through the most hauntingly beautiful chapter in the chronicles of Earth.

00:00:00 Intro – The Storm That Lasted Two Million Years
00:04:21 Pangaea & the Triassic World (supercontinent, Tethys, Panthalassa)
00:08:30 Mega-Monsoon vs. Desert Interior (red beds, evaporites)
00:13:59 Rulers of the Dry Age: Crurotarsans & Archosaurs
00:14:57 Apex Predator: Postosuchus
00:19:54 Herd Foundations: Dicynodonts (Lystrosaurus legacy)
00:25:29 Underdogs: Early Dinosaurs (Eoraptor)
00:31:43 The Fuse is Lit: Large Igneous Province eruptions
00:36:07 Sulfur Dioxide, Vog & Acid Rain
00:37:21 CO₂ Greenhouse & Isotope Signals
00:43:54 Oceans Heat & Acidify: Corals, Ammonites, Conodonts
00:46:38 Anoxia & Dead Zones
00:51:43 Trigger Pulled: Carnian Pluvial Episode begins
01:01:00 Fern ‘Spore Spike’ & the First Green Wave
01:01:49 Rise of Conifer Forests & Palynology Evidence
01:10:17 Rivers, Logjams & the Chinle Formation (Petrified Forest)
01:17:51 Winners & Losers: Aetosaurs, Crocodylomorph Survivors
01:26:13 Why Dinosaurs Thrive: Gastroliths & Digestion
01:32:17 Marine Aftermath: Disaster Reefs (Bivalves)
01:37:01 Prosauropods Emerge
01:49:41 Plateosaurus & Reaching the Canopy
02:24:47 After the Pluvial: ‘Wet Intermezzo’ Legacy
02:36:24 Toward the Jurassic
02:38:48 Mammals in the Shadows
02:42:39 Bird-Line Dinosaurs & One-Way Airflow
02:45:58 What ‘Carnian’ Means for Climate & Extinction
02:52:10 Jurassic Dawn – Closing Thoughts