Chicxulub Impact Dust Set the Dinosaurs' World on Fire
July 29, 2026
July 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release:
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Chicxulub impact dust set the dinosaurs' world on fire
Researchers propose that a layer of insulating impact debris brought the Cretaceous to a close within hours by setting forests aflame and frying fauna.
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66 million years ago, the six-mile-wide Chicxulub asteroid crash-landed in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and changed life on . . .
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Chicxulub impact dust set the dinosaurs' world on fire
Researchers propose that a layer of insulating impact debris brought the Cretaceous to a close within hours by setting forests aflame and frying fauna.
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66 million years ago, the six-mile-wide Chicxulub asteroid crash-landed in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and changed life on . . .