Extraterrestrial impact preceded ancient global warming event

Posted on 14 October 2016 by admin

A comet strike may have triggered the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a rapid warming of Earth caused by an accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide 56 million years ago, which offers analogs to global warming today.
Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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