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paper_clip@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

Instead of drilling a hole, another way to do it is to slam an asteroid on the other side of the planet.

https://earthsky.org/earth/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-caused-indias-deccan-traps/

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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Wow!

This region is thought to have been the site of extremely powerful volcanic activity in the past, so powerful that it caused mile-deep lava over an area as large as the state of California.

By Richards’ estimate, the asteroid impact must have generated the equivalent of a magnitude 9 or larger earthquake everywhere on Earth

Mind-blowing stuff! Thanks for sharing!

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- Jesusaurus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Earth-shattering even!
  
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  - AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    Daaaad!
    
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- paper_clip@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Besides the earthquake, there was also a literal rain of fire across the planet, like a blast furnace, that likely killed everything that wasn't underground or underwater.
  
  https://radiolab.org/podcast/dinopocalypse-redux
  
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