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The Theory That Volcanoes Killed the Dinosaurs Is Officially Extinct
"Sixty-six million years ago, all dinosaurs (except for birds) were wiped from the face of the Earth..." writes Gizmodo. "What's indisputable about this pivotal moment in Earth's history is that a 6.2 to 9.3-mile-wide (10 to 15-kilometer) asteroid struck what is now modern-day Mexico. Around the ...
These volcanic eruptions released vast amounts of CO2, dust, and sulfur, thereby significantly altering the climate on Earth — but in different ways and on different timescales to a meteorite impact. By analyzing fossil molecules in ancient peats from the United States of America, the scientific team reconstructed air temperatures for the time period covering both the volcanic eruptions and the meteorite impact. Using this method, the researchers show that a major volcanic eruption occurred about 30,000 years before the meteor impact, coinciding with at least a 5 degrees Celsius cooling of the climate...
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