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About 65 million years ago in the modern Mexico at a speed of 25 kilometers per second collided with the Earth a meteorite that has truly monstrous dimensions – 80 kilometers. IN as a result of the meteorite’s fall, global extinction began, with which about 75% of life was destroyed on the planet.
The fall of the meteorite entailed such a powerful explosion that the nuclear arsenal of all countries could not produce such destruction. Shock waves swept across the earth, and forests, located from the epicenter of the explosion a few thousand kilometers, were engulfed in flames.
The tsunami rising 130 meters gathered a huge amount dirt, coal and stones, and then threw it all away from exploding funnel. Now the largest Crater on the planet – Chiksulub.
After the explosion, a huge amount of soot was ejected into the atmosphere. and the dust that covered the sunlight, which inevitably led to a strong global cooling. On top of that, the planet covered with acid rain.
Thus, it is the above-described consequences of a meteorite’s impact, and not the explosion itself from the collision caused death dinosaurs.
To figure out what exactly happened 65 million years ago, scientists examined sediment samples at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. They found high amounts of coal and ash, which may indicate extensive fires raging at that time.
Researchers have paid particular attention to the fact that in places explosion no sulfur deposits. This suggests that sulfur-containing deposits evaporated and entered the atmosphere, then together with precipitation sank to the ground.
ESOREITER previously announced scientists’s readiness to recreate living dinosaurs.
Andrey Vetrov
Dinosaurs Life
