Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused firestorms 17 times hotter than the thermal limit lethal to humans
· stefanie waldek
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- • Scientists propose asteroid impact may have caused global firestorms.
- • Firestorms could have reached temperatures 17 times hotter than thermal limit.
- • Ultrafine impact dust may have started fires within hours of impact.
Source Summary
The dinosaurs may not have starved through a years-long winter. New evidence suggests a blanket of ultrafine impact dust set the planet on fire within hours.
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