Study: Dinosaurs were charbroiled after Chicxulub impact
A new study suggests that dinosaurs and other life forms were killed almost instantaneously by extreme heat from the Chicxulub asteroid impact, rather than from prolonged environmental changes. The intense thermal radiation charred organisms within the first one to two hours following the collision, making it one of the most rapid mass extinction events in Earth's history.
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Study: Dinosaurs were charbroiled after Chicxulub impact
A new study suggests that dinosaurs and other organisms were rapidly incinerated within the first one to two hours following the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The extreme heat from the impact charred life forms almost instantaneously, potentially explaining the sudden extinction of numerous species at the end of the Cretaceous period.
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