Dinosaur Asteroid hit the place capable of triggering mass extinction (2017)(bbc.com)

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Dinosaur Asteroid hit the place capable of triggering mass extinction (2017)

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39922998

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rgun6 maanden geleden

> because in the end it wasn’t the size of the asteroid, the scale of blast, or even its global reach that made dinosaurs extinct – it was where the impact happened

> An impact in the nearby Atlantic or Pacific oceans would have meant much less vaporised rock – including the deadly gypsum. The cloud would have been less dense and sunlight could still have reached the planet’s surface

Makes you wonder what life on earth would be like if the impact happened a few minutes earlier or later.