More information: Lauren O'Connor, Terrestrial evidence for volcanogenic sulfate-driven cooling event ~30 ka before the ...
Volcanic activity in India altered the climate but didn't kill the dinosaurs; the Chicxulub meteorite did, by triggering an ...
Scientists have discovered levels of iridium 30 times greater than average in the Cretaceous/Tertiary (KT) boundary, the layer of sedimentary rock laid down at the time of the dinosaur extinction.
They’ve lived through the ice age, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and brushed off an atomic blast just a mile away ...
Discover why scientists now believe volcanic eruptions did not play a role in the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
Researchers at Edinburgh University harness new laser technology to discover large sail-like ‘vanes’ at the end of the ...
While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, impacted. Massive ...