As enduring as the mighty dinosaurs were, they couldn’t survive the catastrophic climate disaster set off by the crash of a large asteroid into the ocean off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico approximately 66 million years ago. There have always been questions about how exactly the extinction of these huge creatures unfolded following the asteroid strike, and a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has shed new light on why the dinosaurs were doomed as a result of this incredibly violent and destructive event.
As this exciting new study shows, it seems the dinosaurs were ultimately done in by the collapse of the food chain as a whole following this calamity, which turned the Earth into a vast wasteland and nearly wiped out all life on the planet for good.
Scientists have linked the extinction of the dinosaurs to a catastrophic asteroid which crashed off the coast of Mexico. But a new study sheds light on exactly why they would have died. (Boraryn / Adobe Stock)
The Chicxulub Asteroid: The “Death” of the Sun and the Dinosaurs
The Chicxulub asteroid that collided with the Earth in 66 million BC was responsible for the complete extinction of 75 percent of all plant animal and plant species. Scientists who’ve looked into climate change and extinction scenarios related to this cosmic episode have focused on the role that high concentrations of atmospheric sulfur may have played in making the Earth virtually unlivable.
Known to be the largest astronomical body to ever…
