End-Cretaceous Extinction Event -- End of the Dinosaurs (VIDEO)

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

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66 million years ago, the end-Cretaceous extinction event ended the reign of the dinosaurs. We have performed coupled climate model simulations showing severe cooling due to sulfate aerosols from the Chicxulub asteroid impact at that time, see the animation below. More info: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/how-the-darkness-and-the-cold-killed-the-dinosaurs. Full study: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL072241/abstract.

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