Life rebounded just years after the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/life-rebounded-just-years-after-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-struck
Artist’s depiction of a large asteroid impact.
When a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid hit the Gulf of Mexico 66 million years ago, it drove over 75% of Earth’s species to extinction, including the dinosaurs. But within just a few years, life returned to the submerged impact crater, according to a new analysis of sediments in the crater. Tiny marine creatures flourished thanks to the circulation of nutrient-rich water. That return of life could offer lessons in how marine ecosystems might recover after the dramatic shifts caused by climate change, the researchers suggest.
Life rebounded just years after the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck
May 30, 2018, 5:25pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/life-rebounded-just-years-after-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-struck
> Artist’s depiction of a large asteroid impact.
> When a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid hit the Gulf of Mexico 66 million years ago, it drove over 75% of Earth’s species to extinction, including the dinosaurs. But within just a few years, life returned to the submerged impact crater, according to a new analysis of sediments in the crater. Tiny marine creatures flourished thanks to the circulation of nutrient-rich water. That return of life could offer lessons in how marine ecosystems might recover after the dramatic shifts caused by climate change, the researchers suggest.