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Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused firestorms 17 times hotter than the thermal limit lethal to humans

Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused firestorms 17 times hotter than the thermal limit lethal to humans

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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.

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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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