Fraser Cain on Nostr: When a giant meteor crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, it pulverized cubic ...
When a giant meteor crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, it pulverized cubic kilometers of rock blasted into the Earth's atmosphere. It was previously believed that sulfur from the impact and soot from the following global fires drove an impact winter that killed off 75% of species on Earth, including the dinosaurs. A new geology paper says that it was the ultrafine dust from the impact that lowered global temperatures by 15 C.
https://www.astro.oma.be/en/dust-played-a-major-role-in-dinosaur-demise/ 
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