The bear case rests on patience, a Persian restoration and a Permian boom.

看跌的理由在于耐心，波斯的恢复和二叠纪的繁荣。

The idea that an impact caused the Permian extinction has been around for a while.

导致二叠纪大灭绝的原因长期以都没有一个定论。

But as the Permian went on, the climate got hotter and drier.

但随着二叠纪的进行，气候变得 和干燥。

Presto! The Permian mass extinction is explained.

就这样！这就是二叠纪物种大灭绝的解释。

It happens at the end of the Permian period about 250 million years ago.

它生在大约 2.5 亿年前的二叠纪末期。

The acquisition expands Chevron's shale-oil assets in America's Permian basin, where Anadarko is a leading independent operator.

此次收购扩大了雪龙在美国二叠纪盆地的页岩油资产，阿纳达科是该地区领先的独立运营商。

It's about natural gas in the Permian Basin in the west of Texas.

这是关于德克萨斯州西部二叠纪盆地的天然气。

The event took place at the end of what Earth scientists, or geologists, call the Permian Period.

这一件生在地球科学家或地质学家所说的二叠纪末期。

And as it turned out, the Permian too was absolutely covered with previously inaccessible petroleum-rich shale rocks beneath the surface.

而实证明，二叠纪盆地的地表下也绝对覆盖着以前无法触及的富含石油的页岩。

And then all eyes began once again turning back towards the gigantic Permian Basin over in west Texas.

然后，所有的目光又开始转向德克萨斯州西部巨大的二叠纪盆地。

We think something similar was the cause of the end-Permian extinction.

我们认为类似的情是二叠纪末灭绝的原因。

The cause of the End-Triassic extinction is even murkier than the End-Permian extinction.

三叠纪末灭绝的原因甚至比二叠纪末灭绝的原因还要模糊。

In the four million years since the Permian extinction...

{\an8}（2.48亿年前）二叠纪灭绝之后的400万年中。

First was the Permian-Triassic extinction 252 million years ago -- aka the Great Dying.

首先是 2.52 亿年前的二叠纪-三叠纪大灭绝 ——也就是大灭绝。

Car says the Permian Basin has seen this big boom in oil drilling over the last 10 years.

卡尔表示，过去 10 年，二叠纪盆地的石油钻探活动蓬勃展。

With unique teeth, extra speed, and a complex social life, Dimetrodon was able to dominate Early Permian environments.

凭借独特的牙齿、超快的速度和复杂的社会生活，异齿龙能够主宰二叠纪早期的环境。

This includes what's probably the Permian's most famous amphibian: Eryops, found in Texas and the southwestern United States.

这包括可能是二叠纪最著名的两栖动物：Eryops，现于德克萨斯州和美国西南部。

Marathon owns assets in Eagle Ford in Texas, Bakken in North Dakota, Permian in New Mexico and Texas, and in Oklahoma.

马拉松石油公司在德克萨斯州的鹰滩、北达科他州的巴肯、新墨西哥州和德克萨斯州的二叠纪盆地以及俄克拉荷马州拥有资产。

So takeaway capacity was not matching the production of natural gas in the Permian Basin, so they had nowhere to send it.

因此， 运输能力与二叠纪盆地的天然气产量不匹配，所以他们无处可运。

But in the Early Permian, humid tropical swamps still straddled the equator.

但在二叠纪早期，潮湿的带沼泽仍然横跨赤道。