Archive for November 12th, 2017

WFS News: Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the asteroid heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into the atmosphere, forming soot in the stratosphere. Soot is a strong, light-absorbing aerosol […]