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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-14199-x
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12079
https://old.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/12pmasu/why_did_the_chicxulub_asteroid_the_one_that_wiped/
NoImDirtyDan
Read “The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs” by Steve Brusatte. It has a really cool chapter on the asteroid impact and extinction!
OriginalAndWitty
It was most likely a combination of multiple factors that lead to dinos extinct. the impact was a catalyst and/or contributing factor.
R100GSPD
zanaria
Look we don't need to worry about an asteroid hitting us... Humans are going to destroy themselves long before any extinction level event happens...
tiderfish
Right God’s smite! Got it ;)
3rdoption
So basically at this point an asteroid collision might actually save the planet.
zanaria
Oh the planet doesn't need that, it will be fine even if we ruin it. May take a million years, but it will come back. Just we wont.
trippingthelightfantastic
MrTrevorBelmont
“Very high temperatures…I’m not your dad, but I would probably get out of there…”