The scientists therefore conclude that the meteorite impact was the ultimate cause of the mass extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period. A meteorite impact can result in a thick layer ...

Ichthyosaurs were reptiles that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. They evolved separately around 250 million ...

When Little Boy was dropped over Hiroshima by the Allied forces in 1945, temperatures in the city rose to 7,000°F from ground ...

They’ve lived through the ice age, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and brushed off an atomic blast just a mile away ...

Volcanic activity in India altered the climate but didn't kill the dinosaurs; the Chicxulub meteorite did, by triggering an ...

Discover why scientists now believe volcanic eruptions did not play a role in the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

More information: Lauren O'Connor, Terrestrial evidence for volcanogenic sulfate-driven cooling event ~30 ka before the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction, Science Advances (2024). DOI ...

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