New clues reveal the devastation the day the dinosaurs died

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An asteroid impact about 66 million years ago forever changed the trajectory of life on Earth. Now scientists have used bits of ancient debris to measure the blazing temperatures of the dust and gas that spread from the impact site

One challenge with this analysis is confirming the lapilli weren’t later altered, such as through heating from deep burial, which would have obscured their recorded temperatures. So the researchers also analyzed the carbonate shells of tiny marine animals known as

that were preserved around the same time nearby. The heavy bonds of the forams were in line with expected sea surface temperatures from that time period, suggesting that the lapilli temperatures had also been preserved."For the biosphere, this is going to be devastating," says geochemistof the Vrije Universiteit Brussel who specializes in impact craters but was not part of the study team.

Working out exactly how far this gassy inferno spread from the impact site has been a challenge. Researchers have long debated theas it slammed into the surface, which would help determine the areas that were most intensely blasted by the ejected material. Goderis notes that the study of additional lapilli in Mexico could help researchers better understand variations in the spread of temperatures.

Another unknown factor is when and where along the impact trajectory the lapilli formed, notes geologist of Lunar and Planetary Institute, who has done extensive work on the Chicxulub impact site."I'm hoping these types of studies will eventually take us to that point," says Kring, who was not part of the study team.Past models have suggested the impact caused even higher atmospheric temperatures. Thus the high temperatures of the lapilli formation are, in some ways, not surprising.

 

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Scientists paint a doom and gloom scenario of our planet and humanity it’s the world is burning don’t fly in an airplane but I still am you guys are sadists.

size of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

What type of trace materials would be left after a large meteorite impact on a two mile thick ice sheet? Is that what made the Carolina Bay oval lake formations? Tons of ice chunks flying 1,000 miles away in a semi-circular spray of debris.

A very stunning photograph

PeterBrannen1 what's your take on this? I remember being convinced in your book the extinction wasn't caused by the astroid but don't remember the argument. Refresher?

That was the end of the era and species of dinosaurs and the beginning of new era…similarly there are numerous such incidences that the era ended in this way and the species from those ended too…imagine how are the current species of humans going to end?…

Better start studying the Missouri river. Because when that oil pipeline leaks under it, all clean water on earth will be pollutted. The End.

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We need another

are we so lucky it did'nt change the actual trajectory of the earth, would have been so bad,

I bet it was pretty hot.

I was born in the Yucatan Peninsula i love to hear more of this subject is very interesting and the end of the dinosaurs......

Please no more destruction! Even if it's in the past!

Is that what messed up Russia?

Were the repracinating? I mean 66 million years ago we just getting to that now? Haha been busy?

Republicans: Not true, the earth is only 6000 years old.

I was devastated when I heard the news.

With these resources I would gladly show you my idea on technology that’s guaranteed to work and protect our planet from astroids meteors and comets! I believe this is something Elon Musk would want to get in on for after all he is a brilliant mind

I also discovered the lost tombs Of Achilles each filled with Treasure fit for a King. I also uncovered the secret mystery of El Dorado and the gold mines. I have copyright and trademark‘s to my claim A year and a half ago before NASA took satellite footage

I discovered the true location of Atlantis in the Atlantic is far bigger than you could ever possibly imagine surrounded by a volcano shipwrecks crash planes nearly impossible to get to because of the depths

You have to remember the ancient debris was most likely foreign to earths Hubble before impact. Homo sapiens don’t have the knowledge to truly understand it.

Friends, it came out of the coal mine, does anyone know what it is?

it was god throwing a rock at the dinosaurs. Soon he will throw one at humans.

L,effet de l,asteoride et son impact sont cites dans le livre du coran quidesigne un parametre qui se manifeste en energie et une augmentation de puissance bien mesurees dans un contexte de securitequi s,affirme dans le savoir absolu d,un grand createur ..

God damn pay wall

it wasn't an asteroid it was my mom tripping and falling sry dinosaurs xD

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