Dinosaur asteroid hit 'worst possible place' [View all]

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Source: BBC

Dinosaur asteroid hit 'worst possible place'

15 May 2017 Science & Environment

Scientists who drilled into the impact crater associated with the demise of the dinosaurs summarise their findings so far in a BBC Two documentary on Monday.

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It is becoming clear that the 15km-wide asteroid could not have hit a worse place on Earth.

The shallow sea covering the target site meant colossal volumes of sulphur (from the mineral gypsum) were injected into the atmosphere, extending the "global winter" period that followed the immediate firestorm.

Had the asteroid struck a different location, the outcome might have been very different.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39922998