natural disasters

  • Dust Doomed the Dinos, Scientists Say

    Dust Doomed the Dinos, Scientists Say

    We all know how the story goes: a large asteroid falls to Earth from space, slamming into the Yucatán Peninsula with 100 million megatons of force. The impact spawned tsunami waves best measured in miles and kicked up dust, soot, and sulphur that blotted out the Sun, causing the death of about 75% of Earth’s…