Tag: dinosaur extinction
September 9, 2019
Rocks at Asteroid Impact Site Record First Day of Dinosaur Extinction
When the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs slammed into the planet, the impact set wildfires, triggered tsunamis and blasted so much sulfur into the…
Read MoreOctober 11, 2016
Scientists Studying Cores from Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact
This release was produced by MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences in Bremen, Germany. Access the original German release: http://ow.ly/mHFY30554dX In April and May, 2016,…
Read MoreApril 6, 2015
Expedition Will Sample Crater Left By Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
An international research team is formalizing plans to drill nearly 5,000 feet below the seabed to take core samples from the crater of the asteroid…
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Are the cat fossils from ocelots, margays, or something more mysterious?
After recovering small cat fossils from Natural Bridge Caverns doctoral student John Moretti is closing in on answers... #FossilFriday
https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2024/10/scientists-closing-in-on-answers-about-lost-prehistoric-cats-of-natural-bridge-caverns/