Chicxulub: The Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaurs
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 Published On Feb 25, 2020

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Source/Further reading:

Overview: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/c...
Discovery of the impact crater: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181...
Life in the Cretaceous period: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/sc...
https://www.britannica.com/science/Cr...
The day of impact: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/sc...
The weeks after impact: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/201604...
Why the impact struck the worst possible place: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi...
How the impact was good for bacteria https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/sc...
Quick re-emergence of life: https://www.space.com/36239-dinosaur-...
Alternative, volcano theory: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/sc...
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
Permian-Triassic extinction: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/sc...
Former theories for what killed the dinos: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...
First dino fossils discovered: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/201506...
Math on the yield of Chicxulub vs Tsar Bomba:   / how_many_tsar_bombas_would_it_take_to_matc...  

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