Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was great for bacteria

Re:Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was great for bacteria by chiefalchemist on Sunday February 09, 2020 @03:33PM (#22284138)

Slightly off topic but evidently there's growing evidence and consensus that it was not an asteroid that did the dinos in. It's unfortunate that mainstream media continues to perpetuate the myth.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/09/dinosau...

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Re:Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was great for bacteria by 8bitsrule on Sunday February 09, 2020 @08:31PM (#22285688)

Without qualified dissenters, progress would be much slower, and arguments would be far less robust.

Greta Keller happens to be a 73-year-old paleontology and geology professor at Princeton University. And the uncharming, unprofessional name-calling? "You know you’re over the target when the flak is heaviest."

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Re:Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was great for bacteria by dredmorbius on Sunday February 09, 2020 @08:45PM (#22285733)

These may of course be related.

Dinging one side of the planet might have had something to do with vulcanism near the antipodes.

And evidence of a massive meteoric impact and global impacts is widespread, as well as generally supported by impact and geophysical modelling.

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