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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1438681)	2/11/2024 2:22:22 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By pocotrader Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571911

I watched it; don't remember climate change discussions, but the rock that killed the dinosaurs changed the climate. A moment that changed Earth \| NSF - National Science Foundation Approximately 66 million years ago, an asteroid nearly 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) across hit the Earth near what is now the Yucatan Peninsula, close to the current towns of Chicxulub Pueblo and Chicxulub Puerto (after which the resulting crater is named). The asteroid hit at an estimated speed of 20 kilometers per second (more than 58 times the speed of sound) at a relatively steep angle of between 45 and 60 degrees to the Earth’s surface. The impact produced as much explosive energy as 100 teratons of TNT, 4.5 billion times the explosive power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. It was the beginning of the end. What followed was irreversible climate change, species decline and extinction. In short, it wasn't the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. It was climate change. Understanding why and how is critical for humans to navigate today's changing climate.