“We're in the realm where we might be essentially killing off everything within that first hour or two."
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“We’re in the realm where we might be essentially killing off everything within that first hour or two.”
Artist impression of a large asteroid impacting on Earth, such as the Chicxulub event that caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction 66 million years ago.
Mark Garlick
Dinosaurs May Have Been Literally Charbroiled After the Asteroid Impact: A new study reignites the global firestorm debate
Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the collision…
In the wake of the catastrophic Chicxulub asteroid impact roughly 66 million years ago, three-quarters of the plant and animal…
Fossilized spores confirm that legions of fungi made a meal of Earth’s dying dinosaurs.
The Chicxulub impact may have actually helped nurture life while destroying it, too.
Researchers identified the Chicxulub impactor as an exceptionally rare type of asteroid that wouldn't have triggered a mass…
