Asteroid Dust Caused 15-year Winter that Killed Dinosaurs: Study
“”Maybe we can better predict our own mass extinction that we’re probably in the middle of,” Gulick said.” by Daniel Lawter via Phys.org Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest smashed into Earth, killing off three quarters of all life on the planet — including the dinosaurs. This much we know. But exactly how the impact … Continue reading
Study Confirms Giant Meteorite Impact Caused Massive Extinction in the Late Cretaceous
“These data would confirm that the extinction was caused by something completely external to the Earth system…” via Universitat de Barcelona Main Image via ExtremeTech A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous. The results confirm the hypothesis that it was a … Continue reading
Iridium in Undersea Crater Confirms Asteroid Wiped out the Dinosaurs
By Hamish Johnston via Physicsworld Strong evidence that the dinosaurs were killed-off 66 million years ago by an asteroid hitting Earth has been found in Chicxulub crater under the Gulf of Mexico. An international team has measured an abundance of the rare element iridium in the crater and similarly high concentrations of the element are known to occur in sediments … Continue reading
Extinction Asteroid Hit the ‘Worst Possible Place’
Things may have been different if the asteroid had struck elsewhere. (Image Credit: NASA) Scientists have been drilling in to the crater left behind by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Rock samples recovered from beneath the Gulf of Mexico have revealed that it was perhaps not so much the size or speed of the asteroid that doomed the … Continue reading
Ancestors of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Were Around Well Before the Dinosaurs Age
Leading hospital “superbugs,” known as enterococci, originated well before the age of dinosaurs, a new study said Thursday. These pathogens arose from an ancestor that dates back 450 million years, about the time when animals were first crawling onto land, according to the study published in the U.S. journal Cell. The findings may help better understand the evolution of antibiotic … Continue reading
Research Shows How Dinosaurs Took to the Skies as Birds
A 145-million-year-old fossil discovered in China has helped scientists discover for the first time the evolution of bird legs. A report published Wednesday by the University of Manchester has reinforced evidence of how birds evolved gradually from early dinosaurs. Researchers from Manchester, the Royal Veterinary College and China’s Nanjing University, carried out a study of the lower leg of a … Continue reading
Dinosaurs and Humans Lived on Earth at the Same Time, Creationists Claim
Is this proof dinosaurs lived with HUMANS? Creationist claims REAL truth COVERED UP! Ken Ham, founder of Creation Museum in Kentucky, United States, has put the supposed evidence on display at his centre. Standard scientific evidence shows dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago following an asteroid colliding with Earth, which eventually led to the giant reptiles’ demise. Humans, on … Continue reading
Mars Volcano, Earth’s Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time
New NASA research reveals that the giant Martian volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to 3 million years during the final peak of activity. The last volcanic activity there ceased about 50 million years ago — around the time of Earth’s Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, when large numbers of our planet’s plant and animal species … Continue reading
Dinosaur graveyard could finally be PROOF that asteroid impact wiped out species
PROOF that the dinosaurs’ time on Earth came to an abrupt end after an asteroid collided with the planet may have finally been found. Although the theory that a mass extinction occurred around 65 million years ago – wiping out 75 per cent of species – as a result of an asteroid impact is widely accepted, there has never been … Continue reading