Sometimes bad things come in small packages, as in the case of Methanosarcina, a methane-producing microbe that's been blamed for the worst mass extinction in Earth's history.
A microbe that spewed humongous amounts of methane into Earth’s atmosphere triggered a global catastrophe 252 million years ago that wiped out upwards of 90% of marine species and 70% of land vertebrates.
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