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Did the Chicxulub asteroid knock Earth’s thermometer out of the ballpark?

When the Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth 65 million years in the past, the occasion drove an abrupt and long-lasting period of worldwide warming, with a speedy temperature enhance of 5° Celsius (C) that endured for roughly 100,000 years, a … Continue reading

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Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life

An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the asteroid heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into the atmosphere, forming soot in … Continue reading

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Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs Plunged The Earth Into A Deep Freeze

The Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs likely released far more climate-altering sulfur gas into the atmosphere than originally thought, according to new research. A new study… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for … Continue reading

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Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Created Endless Night and 18-month Winter as It Rained Fire

Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, new research finds. This would have shut down photosynthesis, drastically … Continue reading

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Dino-killing asteroid could have thrust Earth into two years of darkness

Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, new research finds. This would have shut down photosynthesis, drastically … Continue reading

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Dino-killing asteroid could have thrust Earth into two years of darkness

Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, new research finds. This would have shut down photosynthesis, drastically … Continue reading

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Myth busted: No hyperlink between gigantic asteroid break-up, rise in biodiversity

Some 470 million years in the past, through the center a part of the geological interval generally known as the Ordovician, an asteroid collision passed off someplace between Mars and Jupiter. The collision induced an explosion that despatched a cascade … Continue reading

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Asteroid Impacts Could Create Habitats for Life

Artist’s reconstruction of Chicxulub crater soon after impact, 66 million years ago.DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE SOURCE Dinosaur-killing asteroid turned planet Earth inside-out Scientists studying the Chicxulub crater have shown how large asteroid impacts deform rocks in a way that may produce … Continue reading

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Asteroid impacts could create niches for early life, suggests Chicxulub crater study

Scientists studying the Chicxulub crater have shown how large asteroid impacts deform rocks in a way that may produce habitats for early life. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Asteroid impacts could create niches for early life, suggests Chicxulub crater study

Scientists studying the Chicxulub crater have shown how large asteroid impacts deform rocks in a way that may produce habitats for early life. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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