Meteorite impact was the proximate cause of the most recent mass extinction event (65 million years ago) recorded in the fossil record.
What was Meteorite impact?
A meteorite impact happens when an object that was circling the Sun that is stony, metallic (usually iron), or ice flies through the atmosphere and collides with the surface of the Earth.
What are the effects of a meteorite impact?
Asteroid impacts can have a variety of negative effects on human populations. Hills and Goda [1993] and Collins et al. [2005] both acknowledge and present a list of seven such impact effects. The five are thermal radiation, cratering, seismic shaking, ejecta deposition, and tsunami.
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